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Google Earth In 4D

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wasting-the-morning-away dept.

Rockgod writes to tell us about Google Earth's latest expansion. From the article: "Google skipped right past the third dimension and landed directly in the fourth (time) by offering historical maps on Google Earth. Now you can travel back in time — for example, I am looking at the globe of 1790. Don't expect detailed high resolution photography from days gone by, but it's still interesting to see old maps overlaid on the satellite imagery of today." I suppose a link to Earth4 would have been good.

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  1. Pangea? by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where's pangea? Come on Google... get with the program.

    1. Re:Pangea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I already knew this because the next update lets you see the future. ;)

    2. Re:Pangea? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

      That would be upsetting the Intelligent Designers. Haven't you heard? The Earth is only 6,000 years old.

    3. Re:Pangea? by jlf278 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Totally lame, the Paleozoic Era was a geological snooze-fest. Call me when they get some decent Big Bang maps up.

    4. Re:Pangea? by Sax+Maniac · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why bother? Pangaea is not a panacea.

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    5. Re:Pangea? by archen · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually that wouldn't be to hard. Get two of the brightest flashlights you can find, then stick them right up to your eye sockets. Wherever you look it should be the same blinding light.

    6. Re:Pangea? by superyooser · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's not upsetting at all. I took Google Earth back to 3760 BC and confirmed that dry land did not appear until Day 3.

  2. Hey, Christopher! by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    It turns out we can't get to India that way. Whew, thank goodness we didn't waste an insanely long and difficult journey just to come back and look stupid in front of Queen Isabella.

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  3. 4th Spacial Dimension by onyx00 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would have been more impressed if Google had been able to achieve the 4th spacial dimension.

    Come on Google, I thought you guys were "innovators"

    1. Re:4th Spacial Dimension by MountainMan101 · · Score: 4, Funny

      They couldn't. The 4th spacial dimension is encumbered with patent rights. Only Microsoft and/or Novell customers can use it.

    2. Re:4th Spacial Dimension by ludo$06 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Where do you want to go today?

  4. Almost there by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am SO looking forward to Google Tesseract Beta!

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  5. Hah! by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried to go back to 7000 BC, and didn't see anything. You scientist types can try to explain this one away, but we all know what it REALLY means.

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    1. Re:Hah! by ronanbear · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah. The Flying Spaghetti Monster was obscuring the camera as a practical joke on creationists.

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  6. Re:Medieval London here I come! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They flung the more unpopular scribes and cartographers into the air with "Ye Olde Upsee-Daisy Catapulte" and told them to relate what they saw. Apparently, much like in today's office space, these critical documents were plagued by output errors.

  7. Re:So I can assume by dr_dank · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope they offer driving directions to the "Here be dragons" area.

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  8. Re:The fourth dimension has nothing to do with tim by Per+Abrahamsen · · Score: 4, Funny

    > The fourth dimension has nothing to do with time. It's another plane that intersects X, Y, and Z.

    Usually denoted "t"... :-)

  9. Re:today's maps will be historical by radl33t · · Score: 2, Funny

    No thanks, I will choose free will!

  10. Re:Now what would be really cool... by suds · · Score: 2, Funny

    I realised i went too far back when I noticed this in my bedroom...
    http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/newspub/apr01rpt/Apr01gif/ ANDi-monkey.gif

  11. Re:well by slyfish · · Score: 1, Funny

    no, no, it's just grammer. the grammar is awful :)

  12. Still Waiting by dmomo · · Score: 2, Funny

    For the "Earth is Flat" Version. Oh, wait. maps.google.com

  13. Re:well by Plutonite · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is illegal for 10 yo to post on slashdot. Leave quickly!