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That first scene in the bg video made me feel very un-easy. Edit: This also reminds me that I'm still upset there is no easy way to have the satellite view on

by w-ll 8y ago

That first scene in the bg video made me feel very un-easy. Edit: This also reminds me that I'm still upset there is no easy way to have the satellite view on google maps without the 3d info. I've read articles describing how to use the old sat maps but nothing seams to work.

CamperBob2 8y ago
I don't like the 3D 'enhancements' either, but if they look like they do in this video, I'll stop complaining. It's the fact that they actively degrade the tile content that annoys me.
greenknight 8y ago
in the menu with satellite enabled.... disable globe. this takes it back to the 2D map style.
wtallis 8y ago
Getting the plain imagery in Google Maps without the falsified 3D models is pretty straightforward. After switching to satellite view, just open the sidebar that lets you select between regular map, satellite, and terrain views, and below it you'll find globe, traffic, transit, bicycling. Click the globe option to disable it, and it'll revert to the plain 2D view.
- w-ll 8y ago
  Thanks; I've found it. But really this ux is bad... its a 2nd level sidebar... The hamburger menu is only available after the places or location info menu is open. What ever happen to the map layer options you get with google maps on a 3rd party.
  - wtallis 8y ago
    What platform are you using? In a web browser, it's not a second-level menu; the hamburger button is always accessible at the left end of the search box.
    - w-ll 8y ago
      I'm using the latest Chrome on Windows 10. Gallery of the 3 levels => https://imgur.com/a/xPTralG https://imgur.com/a/xPTralG Edit: I get it now. Triangles, Chevrons, and whatnot. The sidebar is required to go to the side menu. But I spend every day in Maps and it was never obvious to me. I wanted to screen cap the year ago Maps api layer selector where it was Satellite and Map then with the Map option of terrain. Edit Edit: To modeless: Click something in the sidebar... that revels another sidebar... Back to UX how am I going to know that clicking "Globe" is a toggle state like a checkbox? (https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png) I've been using Google Maps for years, I preach it. These things make me feel like a heathen.
      - modeless 8y ago
        The search box with hamburger menu is visible by default. You deliberately hid it to get to the state in your screenshot. It is two clicks to disable 3D from the default state. This is entirely reasonable.
        w-ll 8y ago
        Click something in the sidebar... that revels another sidebar... Back to UX how am I going to know that clicking "Globe" is a toggle state like a checkbox? (https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png) I've been using Google Maps for years, I preach it. These things make me feel like a heathen.
        yrro 8y ago
        THANK YOU for pointing that out. I've also become extremely frustrated at the way the Google Maps UI has evolved. I also had no idea that 'globe' was toggleable. Particularly because there's a "3d" toggle over on the other side of the screen, which just does a silly rotation rather than actually toggle the map between flat/globe...
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subraizada3 8y ago
I'm not sure if this is the same type of un-easyness you're referring to, but the whole video made me feel physically un-easy. The video is rendered at a very low framerate, and that combined with the fast motion of the camera is almost nauseating. Aside from the low FPS, at 14-15 seconds, when the camera zooms past two skyscrapers on its left, I very quickly noticed (without having to pause the video and examine it) that the the buildings had low-res textures compared to what you would find in a video game or compared to real life. Perhaps this, combined with the low FPS, is what makes the experience so uncomfortable. But while this may not be good for close-up fast moving shots, it certainly does seem to have useful applications (see 0:27, 0:33, 0:45 in the video). And it's still very impressive how far our technology has advanced - the first heavier-than-air flight was about 100 years ago, computers are also just decades old, and yet right now we are using algorithms to combine satellite imagery and images taken from the surface (street view) to make a 3D model of our world that is explorable in real time (the Google Maps website has this 3D view feature on it).
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CamperBob2 8y ago

I don't like the 3D 'enhancements' either, but if they look like they do in this video, I'll stop complaining. It's the fact that they actively degrade the tile content that annoys me.

greenknight 8y ago

in the menu with satellite enabled.... disable globe. this takes it back to the 2D map style.

wtallis 8y ago

Getting the plain imagery in Google Maps without the falsified 3D models is pretty straightforward. After switching to satellite view, just open the sidebar that lets you select between regular map, satellite, and terrain views, and below it you'll find globe, traffic, transit, bicycling. Click the globe option to disable it, and it'll revert to the plain 2D view.

w-ll 8y ago
Thanks; I've found it. But really this ux is bad... its a 2nd level sidebar... The hamburger menu is only available after the places or location info menu is open. What ever happen to the map layer options you get with google maps on a 3rd party.
- wtallis 8y ago
  What platform are you using? In a web browser, it's not a second-level menu; the hamburger button is always accessible at the left end of the search box.
  - w-ll 8y ago
    I'm using the latest Chrome on Windows 10. Gallery of the 3 levels => https://imgur.com/a/xPTralG https://imgur.com/a/xPTralG Edit: I get it now. Triangles, Chevrons, and whatnot. The sidebar is required to go to the side menu. But I spend every day in Maps and it was never obvious to me. I wanted to screen cap the year ago Maps api layer selector where it was Satellite and Map then with the Map option of terrain. Edit Edit: To modeless: Click something in the sidebar... that revels another sidebar... Back to UX how am I going to know that clicking "Globe" is a toggle state like a checkbox? (https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png) I've been using Google Maps for years, I preach it. These things make me feel like a heathen.
    - modeless 8y ago
      The search box with hamburger menu is visible by default. You deliberately hid it to get to the state in your screenshot. It is two clicks to disable 3D from the default state. This is entirely reasonable.
      - w-ll 8y ago
        Click something in the sidebar... that revels another sidebar... Back to UX how am I going to know that clicking "Globe" is a toggle state like a checkbox? (https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png https://i.imgur.com/rvLdzM8.png) I've been using Google Maps for years, I preach it. These things make me feel like a heathen.
        yrro 8y ago
        THANK YOU for pointing that out. I've also become extremely frustrated at the way the Google Maps UI has evolved. I also had no idea that 'globe' was toggleable. Particularly because there's a "3d" toggle over on the other side of the screen, which just does a silly rotation rather than actually toggle the map between flat/globe...
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subraizada3 8y ago

I'm not sure if this is the same type of un-easyness you're referring to, but the whole video made me feel physically un-easy. The video is rendered at a very low framerate, and that combined with the fast motion of the camera is almost nauseating. Aside from the low FPS, at 14-15 seconds, when the camera zooms past two skyscrapers on its left, I very quickly noticed (without having to pause the video and examine it) that the the buildings had low-res textures compared to what you would find in a video game or compared to real life. Perhaps this, combined with the low FPS, is what makes the experience so uncomfortable. But while this may not be good for close-up fast moving shots, it certainly does seem to have useful applications (see 0:27, 0:33, 0:45 in the video). And it's still very impressive how far our technology has advanced - the first heavier-than-air flight was about 100 years ago, computers are also just decades old, and yet right now we are using algorithms to combine satellite imagery and images taken from the surface (street view) to make a 3D model of our world that is explorable in real time (the Google Maps website has this 3D view feature on it).

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