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This would have opened them up to all sorts of litigation nightmares generally classified under Bird Law, a sector in which Google is notoriously weak. Why did
by ralusek 8y ago
This would have opened them up to all sorts of litigation nightmares generally classified under Bird Law, a sector in which Google is notoriously weak.
Why didn't they just call it Photo, or Image, or Detail?
- arrrg 8y agoThose are horrible options, worse than all three alternatives discussed (bird, aerial, satellite). Detail: That’s not specific enough. It could refer to everything and anything. Image and Photo: People do not really use these words to refer to aerial and satellite photography. People might think it’s some kind of photo-mode (referring to actual photos that are somehow placed on the map). Obviously you would have to test this to be really sure that someone has a problem with these – but to me their problematic nature seems quite obvious. Realistically it would, however, not really be realistic to test (all) changes like these … so you have to trust me that your intuition in this case is horrible. I mean, even if you test it the effect of anything you suggested would probably be small – but to me choices like those are what make software really and truly awful.