This so-called Simple Analysis of Google Map and Satellite Tiles is anything but to my uneducated eyes: it looks at the mechanics of how each 128×128-pixel tile is rendered. Way over my head. Via O’Reilly Radar.
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Ken Wilson:
what language was that analyis written. I speak pretty good English, but could not read a word of that. Will someone please publish a dictionary in computerese.\
Ken
May 28, 2005 at 3:05 PM