Q. Google Maps and similar services are very interesting and useful for seeing how things look now, or just about now, but are there any similar ways to look at the Earth at some specific past date (or the photo dated closest it)?
A. Your best bet is the USGS. I'm sure they have them but they may not be free.
Click on the link for their aerial photos.
http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/
Click on the link for their aerial photos.
http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/
What was Google Street View actually created for?
Q. I mainly look at it out of curiousity, to explore, and, ahem, "stalk", if you will.
But what constructive/meaningful purpose is it for? I mean, traditional aerial maps are good enough to find places.
But what constructive/meaningful purpose is it for? I mean, traditional aerial maps are good enough to find places.
A. It almost seems like it's for sheer entertainment value, but the expense of having all those trucks driving around photographing every inch of street doesn't seem like it would justify it. It can help with identification. You're trying to find an address that you only know by sight. It can also help find an address after getting directions, because you know what to look for.
I thought I'd look for a source, and the first one I found agrees with me, although the reasons are in reverse order of what I said.
1. It revolutionizes how people use maps.
2. You can find places you've been but don't remember the names of.
3. You can see places that you're never going to go.
Google is amazing. I personally think their search engine is still their "killer app", but they just keeping looking for one, don't they?
I thought I'd look for a source, and the first one I found agrees with me, although the reasons are in reverse order of what I said.
1. It revolutionizes how people use maps.
2. You can find places you've been but don't remember the names of.
3. You can see places that you're never going to go.
Google is amazing. I personally think their search engine is still their "killer app", but they just keeping looking for one, don't they?
What was Google Street View actually created for?
Q. I mainly look at it out of curiousity, to explore, and, ahem, "stalk", if you will.
But what constructive/meaningful purpose is it for? I mean, traditional aerial maps are good enough to find places.
But what constructive/meaningful purpose is it for? I mean, traditional aerial maps are good enough to find places.
A. its a good way to check out a house your about to buy or something like that....
i usually use it for when i have a meeting or interview to go to, and i need to check out the best way to get there with out any dramas(traffic).
you can see road signs telling you no right turn or whatever, when you do need to make a right turn into that street, so you can look around for another way.
you can not tell that on melways......
i usually use it for when i have a meeting or interview to go to, and i need to check out the best way to get there with out any dramas(traffic).
you can see road signs telling you no right turn or whatever, when you do need to make a right turn into that street, so you can look around for another way.
you can not tell that on melways......
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