What will this program be like in 10 years? Given London’s nearly complete coverage of the city by cameras, suppose all these are hooked into Google Earth which maps the images onto the buildings providing the ability to see the city using real-time images. Then add in webcams and surveillance cameras inside the buildings. If you worked in a London building, you could zoom into your office window and see yourself sitting at your desk viewing yourself on Google Earth and wave to yourself recursively.
Now imagine the government using this tech to watch its people. In real-time. To prevent crime, of course, and make you safer. Makes the next step of being forced to put up cameras inside the buildings (homes?) worth it, right? I bet you can’t wait for this to be implemented in your town!
Google has updated the 3D buildings in Google Earth for New York City! This is a HUGE update with at least hundreds (if not thousands) of new 3D buildings with photo textures applied. Basically, Google has completed nearly every building in Manhattan Island for Google Earth. Just fly to “New York City” and turn on the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. Tilt your view so you can see the buildings in all their glory. This is the largest city i’ve seen done with photo-realistic textures to date.
Islamic proposals to ban criticism of religion, which have gathered strength since the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad two years ago, threaten to derail an already troubled U.N. anti-racism conference planned for next year.
