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Aclima sucks in $24M to scale its air quality mapping platform
Aclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A to grow the business including by expanding its headcount and securing more fleet partnerships to build out the reach and depth of its pollution maps. The Series […]
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Only a few years ago, Google Earth was the only practical way to see all of Google’s satellite and 3D imagery. These days, Google Maps pretty much offers all of the mapping features that casual users need, but Google continues to quietly develop Earth and today, the company announced that it is adding a measurement […]
View More Google Earth now lets you measure distances and areasArtist creates a mesmerizing animation using Google Earth satellite images
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Snooping around on Google Earth can give you a unique perspective of the world around you, but the images are static so clicking is a slow process.
Páraic McGloughlin, an artist residing in Ireland, created a mesmerizing animation by compiling thousands of satellite images from Google Earth titled Arena.
McGloughlin says the unique view was inspired by the structures we create on Earth.
“The massive contrast between gridded architectural systems and the natural environment is something that when seen from above is very apparent and nearly intrusive looking,” he told Directors Notes. “Cityscapes are at the same time becoming the norm and are in themselves some kind of natural evolution of the planet’s environment. This was a point of interest for me which I thought might be worth spending some time on.” Read more…
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