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It's a bit the same story as GPT: Early: Google does primitive tech (Google Earth) Later: Microsoft does amazing implementation (Flight Simulator / Bing) Fin
by rvnx 3y ago
It's a bit the same story as GPT:
Early: Google does primitive tech (Google Earth)
Later: Microsoft does amazing implementation (Flight Simulator / Bing)
Finally: Google tries to copy but fails (Google Maps)
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- andybak 3y agoHuh? Google Maps predates Google Earth and neither really relate to MS Flight SIM.
- rvnx 3y agoThe Google Maps version that we are talking in this thread; aka Google Maps "Photorealistic 3D"
- andybak 3y agoBut that has been around for an age as well - it just wasn't available via an API. Bing came out with 3D buildings after Google did and the coverage was a small fraction of that Google had and hasn't increased very much in the intervening years. (I hope apps will offer both as data sources and maybe select the one with the best fidelity for a given region)