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Say 'Cheese' to Google Satellite at 10AM
13.7BillionYears writes "Google's recent purchase of Keyhole and its jaw-dropping 3D earth-browsing software has apparently netted them ownership of an imaging satellite as well, now named 'gSat.' This Friday, April 1st, gSat will be capturing a new dataset (neighborhood of 1meter/pixel), passing over each time zone between 10 and 11AM. If you stand outside and wave you will supposedly show up as a blurry fleck. Even better news is that the dataset will be available within months not only to Keyhole but also to the equally jaw-dropping and open source NASA World Wind. It all seems aimed at answering a question that has plagued mankind for ages: What foolishness can we wreak upon the Earth on the Day of Fools with only 3 days' notice? I'm guessing the obscene stuff will be Photoshopped out. Thanks to the World Wind Forum for the tip and let's hope those April showers come late."
If a guy mugged me tonight I'd just look at him with an uncertain smile until he shot me. I hate april fools. :-/
If the cat can't experience its own death, nothing will ever kill you. (No, really!)
Be sure to be drinking or holding a bottle of Google Gulp when they take the picture.
how are you supposed to do something obscene?
500,000 Highly technical, porn addicted minds are now obsessing over this.
You MUST be new round here.
Sorry had too.
What would they call it? Gooble? Gobble? Hoogle?
Even the samurai
have teddy bears,
and even the teddy bears
get drunk
I am going to mow my resume into my lawn. Maybe then I will be considered for a job at Google. They like the creative thinking types right?