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> As for Google Maps. The biggest tell is that there’s almost no geospatial capability in the software. They don’t want you to analyze and understand. They just
by chrisbroadfoot 6y ago
> As for Google Maps. The biggest tell is that there’s almost no geospatial capability in the software. They don’t want you to analyze and understand. They just want you to consume “where is X”. It’s a standard Google vector for ads approach.
It was never meant for that. That is/was Google Earth Pro.
- samplatt 6y agoRio Tinto runs some inhouse software that utilises (amongst other things) Google Earth Pro for analysis of open-pit minesite walls, constantly scanning for movement or changes that could lead to instability of a wall or road.
- campchase 6y agoA similar product, Google Earth Enterprise is now open source, amazingly. (http://www.opengee.org/ http://www.opengee.org/) Not to be confused with Google Earth Engine, which is the most shocking piece of technology I’ve come across in my career and is absolutely free if you can get access: https://earthengine.google.com/ https://earthengine.google.com/
- aghillo 6y agoIntrigued. Why ‘shocking piece of technology’?
- chrisbroadfoot 6y agoThe Twitter thread linked at the very top of the page talks about it. https://twitter.com/mouthofmorrison/status/1265635068468486146 https://twitter.com/mouthofmorrison/status/12656350684684861...
- aghillo 6y agoPoint 9? That Google could (will?) just kill it at some point?
- enchiridion 6y agoAs someone outside of this space, why do you find it shocking?
- jhoechtl 6y agoHey, either this news didn't reach my community or it went without much fanfare. What is it compared to Google Earth Pro?
- chrisbroadfoot 6y agoEarth = consumer globe viewer. Earth Pro = prosumer Google Earth. Earth Enterprise = private, offline globe. Earth Engine = research-oriented massively parallelized ML-based imagery analysis platform.
- chrisbroadfoot 6y agoGoogle Earth Enterprise is a very different thing, but is a great call out.