Comments on: Google Earth gets ultra-high-resolution artwork

Fly around the Prado museum, and see what's inside it. New layer on Google Earth offers gigapixel photos of artwork, along with detailed exterior views of the museum.

[tm_anon]

Screw the new browser, screw collecting way too much personal data. This is what Google should focus on. That's insanely cool.

[knowles2]

It collecting the data from people and using it to target adverts, that pays for the insanely cool stuff through. Cannot have one with out the other.

[casner]

This is very nice. But how about putting a bit of effort into actually making the base product work well first? The resolution in Lichtenstein is 0.1 meter. In my home town it is 10 meters. Let's see some good resolution work for the whole of the country Google started in!