Google Cloud has announced an expanded portfolio of sustainability solutions consisting of new datasets, tools and partnership programmes aimed at helping governments, industry and individuals to make more sustainable decisions.
Google Cloud has announced an expanded portfolio of sustainability solutions consisting of new datasets, tools and partnership programmes aimed at helping governments, industry and individuals to make more sustainable decisions.
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The Timelapse in Google Earth. [Courtesy]
Twenty-four million satellite images collected over 37 years, quadrillions of pixels, more than two million processing hours across thousands of machines and the result was a single 4.4 terapixel-sized video mosaic on Google Earth.
From creating a 3D (3 dimensional) replica of the world to an interactive 4D experience, Google Earth has come a long way in supporting exploration needs for everyone.
A 3D image has x, y and z axes - length, width and height. With the addition of the element of time, 3D transforms to 4D.
“In the biggest update to Google Earth since 2017, you can now see our planet in an entirely new dimension: time. Now anyone can watch time unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change,” said the Director Google Earth, Earth Engine and Outreach Rebecca Moore following the official launch of the time-lapse video called
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