For example, the series of images collected by Jon Rafman who curates a series of strange situations captured by Google Street View, one of which is shown below. Images of bizarre situations or the uncovering of evidence of hidden infrastructure, violence and degradation. These cameras record everything, with no particular significance given to anything. Imagery from above is mostly being taken by unmanned machines who are charged with capturing everything, whether they are satellites for Google Earth or in the case of Google Street View by 15-lens cameras attached to the top of cars. Recording everything from glitches to hidden infrastructure In this article we first look at how these various platforms and technologies are capturing everything indiscriminately, sometimes resulting in bizarre situations being recorded or the uncovering of hidden infrastructure, violence or degradation. We then focus on a few examples of Google Earth and Bing Maps being used in investigations and look at how these investigations were carried out, the tools used and any legal or copyright issues to consider. Since satellite imagery became more readily available in 2005, images taken from Google Earth, Google Street View, along with other platforms such as Bing Maps, have been used to see from above to highlight prison complexes, factory farming, environmental degradation and secret military bases. An article that looks at Google's various platforms and technologies and how they capture everything indiscriminately, sometimes resulting in bizarre situations being recorded.Ä«efore 2005 the only people to have seen the entire world from above were astronauts and those who viewed whatever grainy imagery they sent back down.
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