Hvad bliver det næste? StreetView under vandet i form af ReefView?
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What will be next? StreetView under water i the shape of ReefView?
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by Greg Sterling
[...] Google Earth & Maps GM John Hanke described the genesis of Ocean, which came out of an offhanded remark originally made by Earle — something of a challenge — who called Google Earth “Google Dirt” because it formerly didn’t offer imagery or data about the ocean.
I’ve always been impressed by John Hanke, his sincerity and his devotion to the integrity of his projects at Google. After the Ocean event Danny spent a few minutes with him. Here are paraphrases of some of the interview notes Danny provided:
Hanke said there are roughly 20,000 pieces of new content from the various partners participating in the project. These deals are apparently not exclusive to Google so Microsoft could seek to duplicate the effort on Virtual Earth.
Hanke told Danny that the mission of Google Ocean is to advance the cause of education and conservation of the oceans and so “If Microsoft were to jump into it [ocean data], that would advance it.”
The also spoke about future improvements and the additional of more third-party content (e.g., Flickr) in the future.
Hanke doesn’t envision monetization of Ocean; monetization continues to be around local search (though one could imagine a YouTube-like click to buy feature in commercial contexts on Earth)
Hanke spoke from the podium and in his interview about the transformation of Google Earth from a proprietary product into a platform. This has been a concept at Google for some time but Ocean really seems to cement the idea of Earth as a development or content distribution platform for third parties. [...]
Read more: http://searchengineland.com/its-googles-ocean-we-just-swim-in-it-16412
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