Hey, What's That? A Map Hack

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Published on October 9, 2007 3:21:20 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVxvx3R_ATk

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Google Tech Talks
May 8, 2007

ABSTRACT

Designed to answer the question "What am I looking at?" when standing on a hilltop or pulled over at a scenic overlook, HeyWhatsThat.com has garnered reviews like "Just when I thought I was in danger of becoming a jaded customer of the mass mapping space, here's a site that effortlessly returns me to a state of slack-jawed wonder" (OgleEarth). In addition to peak detection and identification, it offers viewshed computations, elevation contours, elevation profiles, and integration with Google Maps and Google Earth. This talk -- given by Michael Kosowsky, designer and proprieter of HeyWhatsThat.com -- will focus on what it is and how it got to be that...