Tools and Services
Although I was already somewhat familiar with many of the tools listed on the syllabus for this week, I have to admit that technology and the point we’ve reached with the Internet as a society never ceases to amaze me. The fact that anyone in the world can search for an address and find images as well as perhaps background information on people who are involved with the location, whether living or working there is amazing and yet frightening at the same time!
This once again brings me back to the idea I touched on in my post when we studied Internet Security: It’s remarkable how much of our daily life is not only digital, but easily accessible by a large part of the general population. Of course, the hope is that this information, as well as other resources, will only be used for positive reasons.
I also have to add that I think Google Earth is such an interesting resource, especially when looking at changes of a specific location over time! For example, the images below show my high school seemingly appearing out of thin air, because it was built in the time between the satellite images.
Image from December 2003
Image from November 2005
Image from February 2006
Image from January 2012 (most recent)
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