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This is what happens when you take the blue pill and the red pill.

Room 641-A — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:15:17 -0800

Postcards From Google Earth: "I collect Google Earth images. I discovered them by accident, these particularly strange snapshots, where the illusion of a seamless and accurate representation of the Earth’s surface seems to break down. I was Google Earth-ing, when I noticed that a striking number of buildings looked like they were upside down." Clement Valla (previously) explains how Google's The Universal Texture system is changing the way we see the world:

"At first, I thought they were glitches, or errors in the algorithm, but looking closer I realized the situation was actually more interesting — these images are not glitches. They are the absolute logical result of the system. They are an edge condition—an anomaly within the system, a nonstandard, an outlier, even, but not an error. These jarring moments expose how Google Earth works, focusing our attention on the software. They reveal a new model of representation: not through indexical photographs but through automated data collection from a myriad of different sources constantly updated and endlessly combined to create a seamless illusion; Google Earth is a database disguised as a photographic representation. These uncanny images focus our attention on that process itself, and the network of algorithms, computers, storage systems, automated cameras, maps, pilots, engineers, photographers, surveyors and map-makers that generate them."

The Universal Texture WebGL Earth Documentation WebGL Earth 3D Digital Globe

Global Warming?

gman — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:45:07 -0800

Clement Valla uses Google Earth to zoom in on bridges and roads in a way which makes them appear warped.

The images are screenshots from Google Earth with basic color adjustments and cropping. I am collecting these new typologies as a means of conservation – as Google Earth improves its 3D models, its terrain, and its satellite imagery, these strange, surrealist depictions of our built environment and its relation to the natural landscape will disappear in favor of better illusionistic imagery. However, I think these strange mappings of the 2-dimensional and the 3-dimensional provide us with fabulous forms that are purely the result of algorithmic processes and not of human aesthetic decision making.

quoting with image maps

nickyskye — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:48:50 -0800

Kwout, Use it to grab a quick quotation or other screen shot from a web site and embed it into a blog or other website (one click to Flickr and Tumblr).. [via/via] When you invoke Kwout (either from their web page, or from a bookmarklet…) a medium sized screen shot is taken of the page you are quoting. You can then click and drag the cursor to highlight the section of the page you want to quote. Once you have grabbed your selection you are then taken to a page where you are presented with a number of display options. Copy the associated code and you can then paste the Kwout image map into any web page.

quake v panaromic screenshots

crunchland — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:05:12 -0800

Quake iV full panoramic screenshots (req. QTVR) as seen on digg.

MetaFilter posts tagged with screenshot

This is what happens when you take the blue pill *and* the red pill.

Global Warming?

quoting with image maps

quake v panaromic screenshots

This is what happens when you take the blue pill and the red pill.