Uphi isikhungo esizenzakalelayo se-Google Earth?
Noma kunjalo, isikhungo esidlule se-Google Earth, iWindows version yayinguLawrence Kansas. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi inguqulo ye-Windows isetshenziselwa ukuphela kwenguqulo, ngakho okwesikhashana, isikhungo esizenzakalelayo se-Google Earth wonke umuntu kwakuyi-Lawrence, Kansas.
Kungani Lawrence?
UBrian McClendon wakhulela e-Lawrence, Kansas futhi waqhubeka ephothula eNyuvesi yaseKansas ngo-1986 enezinga elithile lobunjiniyela kagesi. Wabeka kahle amakhono akhe futhi waqhubeka ukusiza ukuthola inkampani ebizwa ngokuthi i-Keyhole, eyakuvumela ukuba ubukeke ubone izithombe zesethelayithi zomhlaba. I-Keyhole yathengwa yi-Google ngo-2004 futhi yaguqulwa yaba yi- Google Earth . UMcClendon wayengumongameli wezobunjiniyela obhekene nemikhiqizo ye- geo yakwaGoogle , kuhlanganise ne-Google Amamephu neMhlaba waze wahamba ngo-2015 ngo-Uber.
UMcClendon uhloniphe ikhaya lakhe langaphambili ngokwenza uLawrence iphuzu elizenzakalelayo le-Windows version ye-Google Earth. Uma usondeza eduze, indawo eqondile yi-Meadowbrook Apartments, ukukhetha okukhethiweyo kokuhlala phakathi kwabafundi be-KU.
UBrian McClendon usaqhubeka ukuvakashela uLawrence futhi wanikeza imali engu-$ 50,000 imali yakhe siqu ukuthenga amaphilisi e-Android Xoom kubafundi bezobunjiniyela kanye ne-computer enyuvesi. Abafundi bavunyelwe ukugcina amaphilisi uma nje beqedile uhlelo lwe-I no-II okungenani i-C ne-EECS enkulu.
Isikhungo se-Google Earth yama-Mac
U-Brian McClendon kufanele anqume isikhungo seWindows Earth, kodwa uDan Webb wayengumjiniyela we-software obhekene nokunquma isikhungo se-Google Earth yama-Mac. Wakhula epulazini e-Chanute, Kansas, futhi yilokho okuphakathi kwe-Mac version yeGoogle Earth. U-Dan Webb naye wayeqedile i-KU, kodwa wakhetha ikhaya lakhe likaKhanute endaweni engafanelekiyo ukuze kulungiswe uBrian McClendon ngokukhetha kwakhe uLawrence.
Uphi Indawo Yendawo Yase-USA?
I-globe yangempela ayinayo isikhungo esizenzakalelayo, ngakho-ke noma yikuphi okukhethayo ekugcineni kungabonakali. Abantu baseYurophu bathanda ukubheka i-globe neYurophu phakathi nendawo, kanti abaseMelika bayibheka ne-USA phakathi nendawo. Izizathu zokukhetha kokubili i-Chanute ne-Lawrence Kansas njengezikhungo ze-Google Earth ngenxa yokuthi ziseduze nendawo ye-USA, futhi zibonakala zikhetha izinto zemvelo. Kodwa-ke, ngisho ne-geographic center ye-USA akuyona inkampani ngaphandle kokuphikisana. Uma ubalwa phakathi kwe-USA, ingabe ubala wonke ama-50 ashoyo noma awakhulume kahle?
Uma uya emazweni angu-48 adibeneyo, kukhona indawo eduze neLebhanon, eKansas enezimpawu ezibonisa ukuthi iyindawo yendawo. Umakaki wakhiwe emuva lapho ifulegi linezinkanyezi ezingu-48 kuphela, futhi mhlawumbe yindawo enhle ngokwanele. Yilapho umunwe wakho uzohlala khona uma ubheke ebalazweni lase-USA. Kodwa-ke, eLebhanon, iKansas isengamakhilomitha angu-225 ukusuka kuLawrence, noma mayelana nokuhamba kwehora lesine. I-Chanute ingamamitha angu-300 ukusuka kude.
Uma ubala wonke ama-50 athi njengamanje ayimi, isikhungo siseduze ne-Belle Fourche, eNingizimu Dakota. Lokho kwenza Lawrence amamitha angu-786 kuphela kanye neChanute 874 miles ukusuka endaweni ye-USA.