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Youtube invades Google Earth

Siblings enmeshed
By INQUIRER Newsdesk
Wed Oct 10 2007, 15:47

TRAVELLERS OF GOOGLE EARTH can now watch Youtube videos about the places they visit in.

Google says it has added a Youtube video layer to cover Google Earth. The layer places Youtube videos in their geographical context and provides a new way of discovering and understanding the world, says the benign giant.

A SpokesGurgler said the vision "is all about the sense of place. Photos show the local view, but videos add the sense of life. The combination of Earth's " where" with Youtube's "what" makes the combined experience that much more complete and compelling."

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... not so new

may I suggest 2 other alternatives:&#xD;
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1/ for more relevant video selection : http://www.VeniVidiWiki.eu is already placing videos from youtube, dailymotion, turnhere, google video ... on google maps, per categories&#xD;
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2/ with Google Earth 4.2, it is also possible to open .kmz files containing videos about specific topics.&#xD;
As an example, here are the world capitals: http://www.venividiwiki.eu/kmz/Capitals-V1.0.kmz&#xD;
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feedback is welcome !

posted by : Sylvie74, 16 October 2007 Complain about this comment
Spatial Video Encoding

This is the first thing I thought of ...&#xD;
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http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&amp;page=6&amp;id=26&amp;Itemid=115&amp;details=0&amp;lang=en&#xD;
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see also:&#xD;
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~geom/Video/SE/&#xD;
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Several companies are making hardware and software right now to integrate these technologies... How long 'till they are all quietly bought up by or partnered with Google?

posted by : Spaceman Spiff, 11 October 2007 Complain about this comment
Nice...

This is very interesting, especially for promoting public awareness in response to the world around us.

posted by : AS, 11 October 2007 Complain about this comment
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