[blu] Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ

[bbj at innismir.net (Ben Jackson)]

Nothing to see here, move along. From the looks of those photos, they
were taken was before Cupertino was built. If you look at about 12:30,
you see some construction-like trailers, and it looks a lot like the
ground has been cleared for construction.

My guess is that since Google bought exclusive rights to newer satellite
imagery, MSFT is looking for table scraps, and this is probably EXTREMELY
old USGS aerial phtography.

Still. Quite amusing.

Threadjack: How cool is the Hybrid view on Google maps? I've been looking
forward to something like this for YEARS.

				~Ben

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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> A sorry state of affairs has occurred where Apple HQ is no longer located in
> Cupertino, at least on MSN Aerial photographs:
> http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?ss=apple&cp=37.333411|-122.029708&style=h&lvl=17&v=1
>
> However, for those of us who don't do MSN, most of the rest of the world
> does show that it exists:
> http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.332307,-122.030103&spn=0.005924,0.010131&t=k&hl=en
>
> Here is the URL for the article in The Register:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/25/msn_earth_deletes_aple/
>
> I have not checked North Attleboro, but I think that both the John Abreau
> and Frank Reilly abodes still exist.
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