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I remember using the Microsoft aerial imagery in 2004 (that year corresponds to a certain year in high school when I used it for a class project). It wasn't "Bi
by hoppyhoppy2 5y ago
I remember using the Microsoft aerial imagery in 2004 (that year corresponds to a certain year in high school when I used it for a class project). It wasn't "Bing" back then, but I remember it predating -- or at least having better-quality photos than -- Google Maps' aerial imagery.
- codeulike 5y agoMight have been Terraserver? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraserver.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraserver.com For a while, Terraserver was the biggest database on the web With 5 terabytes of uncompressed image data, Microsoft TerraServer is bigger than all the HTML pages combined already on the Internet. [1998] https://news.microsoft.com/1998/06/24/microsoft-partners-announce-microsoft-terraserver-global-atlas-is-worlds-largest-database-on-the-web/ https://news.microsoft.com/1998/06/24/microsoft-partners-ann...
- kingcharles 5y agoGod, I remember when it launched and how big a Terabyte seemed. Now the Google home page is about a Terabyte of Javascript.