![]() ![]() The other two are varied angles, but given their presence, you have a working knowledge of the sides of the plant, as well as its top. The middle image is a replication of nadir angle 0 degrees. The images of my plant below illustrate this. Each time a satellite captures imagery the nadir varies in its angle of shot. Having an angle “off nadir” provides a variation to the standard map view. This is the view from above the Earth directly to its center. However, it is possible to use varying angles of satellite imagery to get a three-dimensional understanding of an area.Ī key feature of satellite imagery is the nadir. Google Earth does have three-dimensional mountains, but even they sometimes fail to represent what is on the ground. Aside from city-based areas, there is limited three-dimensional views of buildings or features - all of which are crucial to monitoring and geolocating events. The satellite imagery we use for conflict analysis, geolocation, or any other form of investigation is a flat image. This is a satellite-based case study on vetting a three-dimensional view of an area via Google Earth, featuring examples from Syria, Yemen and Sudan. And yes, even though I didn’t pay anything I still feel shortchanged.It has become abundantly clear that geolocation and remote sensing is fundamental to knowing what happens in conflict areas where it is often too dangerous for journalists, observers and analysts to be present on the ground. I now know that if I had a desktop I’d be able to look at the moon and mars so I feel really gypped now. Overall really great concept but what I’m gathering from other reviews, the app particularly for iPad is super low quality compared to others. ![]() ![]() It is absolutely impossible to tell one country/state from the next with the impossibly thin tan line separating everything that, oh yea, is the same color that is used for most of the landscape. Also, it would be really enjoyable (and easier on my old lady eyes) to be able to make borders bold or different colors or even cut out a region to view it individually. You can’t adjust any type of visual settings so if you zoom too far in on, say, China, you get a million different location names in English and Chinese and you can’t even see the land under all the text. I am terrible at geography and thought this would help me with a class I’m taking but I was mistaken. It’s like they took what they were in the process of developing years ago and just threw it up without even looking at it for a quick review. It takes a lot of disappointment for me to write reviews but this app is just so flat. ![]() Not Even Basic App Comforts (2020 iPad Pro) However, these things don’t compensate for the nonsensical UI/UX changes. There are a couple new features I appreciate, but they could’ve easily been incorporated without changing the UI completely! I’m happy they gave more control over custom layers, made Timelapse easy to use, and made a toggle to show areas with 3D coverage. And what happened to the Voyager section where you could view different interactive pre-made stories like sea level rise, deforestation, etc?! The slideshow for viewing photos is a complete downgrade because you can no longer zoom in on the pictures! The layers tab is cluttered. With Earth Live Satellite Maps 3D, you can view the live earth map of 3D in real time, the 3D map uses the GPS map to display all locations, explore the complete world map, 3d street view, and 360 earth view. Now I have this annoying UI element constantly taking up a ton of space where it can accidentally get tapped. This update makes absolutely no sense and is a perfect example for app developers of what NOT to do - don’t dramatically change an app that worked great for years unless the changes clearly benefit users! These changes are not improvements! Why make a huge “Your projects” tab that takes up screen real estate without even giving us the option to completely hide it? My guess is that most mobile Google Earth users don’t even use projects regularly… I certainly don’t. ![]()
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