[Gdal-dev] Google Earth

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 11/9/05, Mateusz Łoskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
> Norman Barker wrote:
> >
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> >     *From:* gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org
> >     [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org]*On Behalf Of *Chapman,
> >     Martin
> >     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:49 PM
> >     *To:* gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
> >     *Subject:* [Gdal-dev] Google Earth
> >
> >     I just figured out that Google Earth (a.k.a. Keyhole) uses gdal and
> >     proj.  That is pretty impressive.  Way to go Frank.
> >
> >
> >
> >     Martin
> >     [Norman Barker]
> >
> >
> >
> >     Hi Martin,
> >
> >
> >
> >     don't disbelieve you at all, but how did you work this out?  It
> >     would make an even more convincing argument to my bosses if I could
> >     show them Google Earth as an example!
> >
>
> Yes, good point. It could be helpful for me too.

Folks,

I am curious why Martin thinks this too, but GDAL has
been used as part of the image processing chain at
Keyhole.  They funded alot of my early work on files larger
than 4GB.

However, it isn't clear to me how significant GDAL is at
Keyhole/Google.

The (weak?) connection between google maps and GDAL has
been my best attempt yet to convince my son I do something
interesting in the basement all day.  But even that seems to
have failed, as he just shrugged.

Best regards,
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