[blu] Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ

[josh at offthehill.org (Josh ChaitinPollak)]

On Jul 27, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> On Wednesday 27 July 2005 10:42 am, Josh ChaitinPollak wrote:
>
>> Here's an maps.google.com oddity: I was trying to look up how to get
>> to Albany NY's Empire State Plaza, and this is what I saw:
>>
>> http://maps.google.com/maps?
>> ll=37.332307,-122.030103&spn=0.005924,0.010131&t=k&hl=en
>>
>> Odd eh? I know Google uses lower res maps in area's where high res
>> maps are not available, but clearly they are in this case, since the
>> rest of Albany is shown in high res. I wonder if it is a security  
>> issue.
>>
> Josh,
> The above URL you sent is the one of Cupertino. But, I did a search of
> Albany, where when you go for a higher resolution, the city is a  
> bit of a
> blur, but that might be what Albany looks like :-).
> What is interesting is that you can get both the regular street  
> map, the
> satellite map, or a hybrid.

Sorry, apparently I don't know how to use the web. Try this URL,  
which I verified:

http://www.shorl.com/gagifomitepru