Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

Mark Brown — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:48:05 GMT

Hi everyone. I'm Mark Brown and the guy responsible for the video. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. There are a bunch more of these coming where I'll go and meet the scientists who wrote the software that processes our aerial imagery and another where I'll meet the scientists who generate our 3D models from this imagery as well using software. Should be cool. -mark

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

Hamster — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:57:46 GMT

Sorry to hiijack the thread but with the Fable 2 pub games out on the 13th August (see http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=5616) do you have any news on how I get my free code for pre-ordering? I pre-ordered through play.com

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

Lloyd — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:30:37 GMT

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re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

SpinFast — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:53:49 GMT

Excellent footage. I work at Boeing Flight Test so I can appreciate how much go's into the data system they have. Thanks...

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

DHX — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:57:09 GMT

Woa take it easy Anon 23! If you didn't deal with folks who lie you'd be a hermit living in a mountain shack 40 miles from anyplace, since everybody alive lies. No need to soil your knickers just because a large corporation wasn't completely up front with you. MS was simply quenching rampant rumors. Don't lose sleep over that! Wow! Get a grip! Pull yourself together and go on living life! There's a beautiful world out there...

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

SidearmS — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:46:10 GMT

From Major's Twitter: "I've gotten quite a few emails from folks who agree with this comic: http://www.penny-arcade.com... about 8 hours ago from web." Where is the comic about how you MS LIED about the game's pricing? Everyone is sucking up so hard to this game that everyone seems to have forgotten the raw deal you pulled on your community... ...Well, almost everyone. That game WILL NEVER SEE MY 360. I promise you that. Hype it all you want, a lie is a lie is a lie - and no, there is no Portal joke here. XBox 360 - I don't deal with folks who lie through their teeth. "Sweet Spot" all you want, you lied. FLAT OUT LIED.

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

anon — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:42:26 GMT

Whoever is responsible for getting stuff on marketplace is slipping. There have been ads for the past 2 weeks advertising a Bejing Olympics demo coming today. Don't really care, but where is it? Also, there have been ads all day advertising that a free theme and gamer pic is now on marketplace, but neither is there.... Obviously the marketplace people and the ad people need to work together a little better.

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

A1337Haxor — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:12:12 GMT

Silverlight works GREAT for the Olympics, not for this embed player... Thanks for the additional formats Major!

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

lol — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:01:56 GMT

Silverlight? nice try.

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

Cobryza — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:26:09 GMT

lol oops meant to put somewhere not someone roflman!

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

Cobryza — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:24:06 GMT

Cool did you fly to someone where else Major? In a plane?! :O

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Anon — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:40:03 GMT

DavidGX, Silverlight exists on Linux too. Try Monos Moonlight implementation.

I really don't get why people get all up in arms about Silverlight... Oh no! We only want to watch videos in Adobe Flash version bla bla bla...

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

Forrest — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:46:41 GMT

um, ok,

now where is the olympics demo?

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

Forrest — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:46:39 GMT

um, ok,

now where is the olympics demo?

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

DavidGX — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:40:47 GMT

It's nice that you added links to other versions of the video but.. how about just.. no more silverlight, period? I know microsoft considers me a third class citizen because I use linux but it's nice not to have that fact shoved in my face 24/7.

re: Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)

DHX — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:24:08 GMT

Yea I'll download this sweet baby in WMA format and throw it on my 360. It will be nice to watch this in full widescreen on a big monitor. I also thought that they used satellites, but now that I think about it, that reality would been kinda (read VERY) creepy...

I have an unrelated question: What is the XBO game going to be this month and will Wolfenstein be an XBO at some point? That would be.... MAJOR, Major. Thanks!