It is the same as maps.google.com. They first build their service for the United States, later they extend it for other countries.
The same with the libraries. Google starts with libraries from the US. I'm pretty sure they will extend their service to other libraries when they are done with the libraries inside the US. But, this takes a lot of time. The European libraries don't want to wait this long, so they build up their own project.
In my opinion, it is possible that soon they work together on their project, or both projects link to each other. Google wants to provide information, as much as possible, and the European libraries wants to give everybody access to their culture. They have similar aims, they just start on different sides.
PS: Yes, I'm from Europe(Germany, so maybe my English isn't the best. Hope, you can understand it).
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Wait. Does this mean, i don't have to leave my room if i'd like to take a walk to my hometown? Cool idea. Is the Resolution better than RL?
Let's connect this thing to /dev/random
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I don't think that they are fighting.
It is the same as maps.google.com. They first build their service for the United States, later they extend it for other countries.
The same with the libraries. Google starts with libraries from the US. I'm pretty sure they will extend their service to other libraries when they are done with the libraries inside the US. But, this takes a lot of time. The European libraries don't want to wait this long, so they build up their own project.
In my opinion, it is possible that soon they work together on their project, or both projects link to each other. Google wants to provide information, as much as possible, and the European libraries wants to give everybody access to their culture. They have similar aims, they just start on different sides.
PS: Yes, I'm from Europe(Germany, so maybe my English isn't the best. Hope, you can understand it).