[blu] Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ

[nmeyers at javalinux.net]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:42:56AM -0400, Josh ChaitinPollak wrote:
> 
> On Jul 26, 2005, at 10:28 PM, Greg Rundlett wrote:
> 
> >On 7/26/05, Ben Jackson <bbj at innismir.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Threadjack: How cool is the Hybrid view on Google maps? I've been  
> >>looking
> >>forward to something like this for YEARS.
> >>
> >
> >Very Cool.  I REALLY like Google's implementation of the hybrid view.
> 
> 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.

Odd indeed. That URL landed my browser in Cupertino. I was pretty sure
when the Junipero Serra Fwy appeared that I wasn't anywhere near Albany.

Nathan