New technology to aid global warming fight
THE STANDARD SCI & TECH The Timelapse in Google Earth. [Courtesy] Twenty-four million satellite images collected over 37 years, quadrillions of pixels, more than two million processing hours across thousands of machines and the result was a single 4.4 terapixel-sized video mosaic on Google Earth. From creating a 3D (3 dimensional) replica of the world to an interactive 4D experience, Google Earth has come a long way in supporting exploration needs for everyone. A 3D image has x, y and z axes - length, width and height. With the addition of the element of time, 3D transforms to 4D. “In the...
Source: standardmedia.co.ke