> As for Google Maps. The biggest tell is that there’s almost no geospatial capability in the software. They don’t want you to analyze and understand. They just want you to consume “where is X”. It’s a standard Google vector for ads approach.
It was never meant for that. That is/was Google Earth Pro.
A similar product, Google Earth Enterprise is now open source, amazingly. (http://www.opengee.org/)
Not to be confused with Google Earth Engine, which is the most shocking piece of technology I’ve come across in my career and is absolutely free if you can get access: https://earthengine.google.com/
Rio Tinto runs some inhouse software that utilises (amongst other things) Google Earth Pro for analysis of open-pit minesite walls, constantly scanning for movement or changes that could lead to instability of a wall or road.
campchase|5 years ago
Not to be confused with Google Earth Engine, which is the most shocking piece of technology I’ve come across in my career and is absolutely free if you can get access: https://earthengine.google.com/
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