Kuphi iziko elizenzekelayo leGoogle Earth?
Nangona kunjalo, indawo yangaphambili yeGoogle Earth, iWindows version yayinguLawrence Kansas. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba iWindows version esetyenziswa ukuba yinguqu kuphela , ngoko okwethutyana, isikhungo esipheleleyo seGoogle Earth kuwo wonke umntu kwakuyi-Lawrence, Kansas.
Kutheni u Lawrence?
UBrian McClendon wakhulela e-Lawrence, eKansas waza waqhubeka nokugqwesa kwiYunivesithi yaseKansas ngo-1986 eneqondo kwi-engineering engineering. Wabeka izakhono zakhe ukusetyenziswa kakuhle kwaye waqhubeka ekuncedeni wathola inkampani ebizwa ngokuba yi-Keyhole, eyakuvumela ukuba ubone iifoto ze-satellite zehlabathi. I-keyhole yathengwa yi-Google ngo-2004 kwaye yajika yaba yiGoogle Earth . UMcClendon wayengumongameli wezobunjineli ophethe i-Google geo products, kuquka neGoogle Maps kunye neMhlaba de wahamba ngo-2015 ngo-Uber.
UMcClendon wayihlonipha ikhaya lakhe langaphambili ngokwenza uLawrence inguqu yokungagqibekanga kwi-Windows version yeGoogle Earth. Ukuba usondeza ngokusondeleyo, indawo eyiyo i-Meadowbrook Apartments, indawo ekhethiweyo yokuhlala phakathi kwabafundi be-KU.
UBrian McClendon usenokwenza uhambo oluya rhoqo kuLawrence kwaye wanika i-$ 50,000 kwimali yakhe ukuze athenge iipilisi ze-Android Xoom zobunjineli kunye nabafundi bezesayensi kwi-yunivesithi. Abafundi bavunyelwe ukugcina amacwecwe xa nje begqibile i-Programming I no-II kunye ubuncinane neC kunye ne-EECS enkulu.
Iziko leGoogle Earth yamaMacs
UBrian McClendon wagqiba ukugqiba isigqeba seWindows Earth, kodwa uDan Webb wayengumnini-software onoxanduva lokugqiba i-Google Earth yama-Mac. Kwenzeka ukuba akhulele kwifama e-Chanute, eKansas, kwaye yile ngundoqo ye-Mac version yeGoogle Earth. UDan Webb naye uphumelele kwi-KU, kodwa wakhetha indlu yakhe yaseKhanute indawo engafanelekanga ukuba iqhube umxhasi uBrian McClendon ngokukhetha kwakhe uLawrence.
Uphi I-Real Geographic Centre yase-USA?
Ihlabathi langempela alikho isikhungo esingagqibekanga, ngoko nayiphi na ikhethelo ekugqibeleni iyona. Abantu baseYurophu banqwenela ukubheka ihlabathi kunye neYurophu phakathi, kwaye abantu baseMelika bajonge nge-USA phakathi. Izizathu zokukhetha iChanute kunye no-Lawrence Kansas njengamaziko eGoogle Earth kukuba zifuphi kwendawo yokuhlala yase-USA, kwaye zibonakala zizikhethelo zemvelo. Nangona kunjalo, nakwiziko leendawo zase-USA akulona utyumbe ngaphandle kokuphikisana. Ukuba ubala isiko se-USA, ngaba ubala zonke i-50 zichaza okanye zilungele ukudibanisa ndawonye?
Ukuba uya kumazwe angama-48 axhonayo, kukho indawo kufuphi naseLebhanon, eKansas kunye nomakishi oyichaza njengendawo yokuhlala. Umakishi wakhiwe kwakhona xa ifulegi kuphela eneenkwenkwezi ezingama-48, kwaye mhlawumbi ilungelelanisa ngokwaneleyo indawo yeziko. Yilapho umnwe wakho uya kuvela khona ukuba uthe wachaza kwimaphu ye-USA. Nangona kunjalo, eLebhanon, iKansas isekhilomitha ezili-225 ukusuka kuLawrence, okanye malunga neyure yeeyure ezine. I-Chanute icishe malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-300.
Ukuba ubala zonke i-50 zithetha njengokuba zimi ngoku, iziko likunene kufuphi ne Belle Belle, eMzantsi Dakota. Oku kwenza uLoverrence kuphela iikhilomitha ezingama-786 kunye neChanute 874 miles ukusuka kwindawo ye-USA.