http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/ Engadget Comments for Google, Microsoft set to snap aerial photographs on Australia Day http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 24th 2007 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 24th 2007 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 24th 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/that made my day lol]]>Jan 25th 2007 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 24th 2007 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Of course it looks like a Delta or United bird. There are only two--count 'em: two--major airliner manufacturers in the world. In lieu of a private jet (a la Leer), if these corporate big shots are flying jet aircraft, it's either a Boeing or an Airbus design anyway. So, pretty much all planes are going to look like Delta or United with a different paint job.

As to the article: as if Microsoft ISN'T going to use this for Live Local. Sure, they may make neat mosaic collages out of the pictures, but they'll serve a purpose just as practical as Google Earth...]]>Jan 24th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 24th 2007 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
And you worked all that out form a 400 x 164 pixel image? Wow!!! How can you be so sure that it's not a *paint* job, on a real plane? Why not include TWA, Jet Blue, BA, Quantas and all the other airlines in your speculation?]]>Jan 24th 2007 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 24th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
I'll be at Clovelly beach - if you can get a poster to me in time I'd display it... :-)]]>Jan 24th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Oh yes I forgot it's "Sydney Day" and not Australia Day. What about he 400,000 people that will be watching the country's biggest fireworks on the Swan River in Perth. We'll all be looking up!]]>Jan 25th 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
My guess is that such letters should be about 5 meters from bottom to top, and the lines forming the letters should be maybe almost a meter wide. Ideally, letters that could be used as sidewalks should work fine.]]>Jan 24th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
20 million people across a country the size of the USA and they're flying over one city.
]]>Jan 24th 2007 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 25th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1166162&size=M&width=1200&height=812&sok=JURER%20%20%28ert%20%3D%20%27A2767%27%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=1&prev_id=&next_id=1162840]]>Jan 24th 2007 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/yes,im Australian(and in sydney)
will look out for any strange fly overs..]]>Jan 24th 2007 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Watch "Big Brother;Big Business" for explanation ;)]]>Jan 24th 2007 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/rasterbator to turn the Engadget logo into a 20 foot
masterpiece:http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/If only I lived there...]]>Jan 25th 2007 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/Jan 25th 2007 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
Mite as well put something strange out on my roof for the photos =)]]>Jan 25th 2007 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
ya bastards.

]]>Jan 25th 2007 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/google-microsoft-set-to-snap-aerial-photographs-on-australia-da/
11:30 Opera House steps. Somebody bring a Rasterbated printout, because i'm out of ink and toner.

actually i might not be there at all since my cousin is coming up from Canberra but that's beside the point.


Also here's the map of the Google plane's route
http://www.google.com/intl/en_au/events/australiaday2007/index.html

and here's the REAL plane which will be flying overhead
http://www.google.com/intl/en_au/events/australiaday2007/images/planephoto.jpg
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