World Globe at Your Fingertip
Once again, I am amazed with what Google has been doing. I’ve just downloaded their newest tool, Google Earth, about two weeks ago. After playing with Google Earth for a couple of hours, my impression was just “Wow! That’s damn cool…”
If you haven’t tried Google Earth yet, then you have to see it yourself before you believe. It’s much cooler than Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth. You can see our lovely earth from the satellite’s view, complete with impressive globe animation, just like what we always see in Hollywood movies when FBI is chasing the most wanted person in this planet. Unfortunately, you can see detail views of areas in North America only. There are though some parts of Europe, for example you can see Eiffel Tower or Notredame in Paris. I hope that Google will expand it to all other parts of the world, including my home city at 7.28′ S, 110.12′ E.
What’s next? Since I am working for a mobile phone company, my feeling says that this kind of technology will come to our mobile phones soon. Later we can combine this technology with GPS…. and…. we can see ourselves from the satellite’s view. Furthermore, we can track people more easily, for example tracking terrorists (we’ve heard that police has caught London bomber with the help of mobile phone technology).
Anyway, I really admire Google… they have a lot of ideas and innovations….