Tuesday, January 24, 2006

The color of progress

Longtime visitors will know my love of poking around the Google Satellite Maps. One of the most interesting things I've noticed is the way the sunlight refracts off of the British Museum's great court, turning it blue. At right is an image from Google Sightseeing

The other day, Google had a massive update of their satellite imagery (You can zoom in closer now!) The views of London are particularly fine, especially as the older images were taken from a low angle so it sort of felt like you were hanging upside down when you looked at it. Now look at The British Museum here.

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