> In downtown Los Angeles, Google’s buildings are so detailed that you can sometimes see the blades inside the rooftop fans. Doesn't that mean that in that cas

> In downtown Los Angeles, Google’s buildings are so detailed that you can sometimes see the blades inside the rooftop fans. Doesn't that mean that in that case we are just seeing image processing with no real meaning? I am not sure how this represents the first step in the creation of data from data. If we just want to see the buildings we can switch to "satellite" view. Contrast this with something like Open Street Map where you end up with an explicit description of the area that a building covers with no extraneous detail.