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Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
The canton of Basel-Stadt shares its political structure and administration with the municipality of Basel. Basel-Stadt is a half-canton. This means that the canton only sends one representative to the Council of States. The capital of the canton Basel-Stadt is the city of Basel. The present constitution of the canton dates from 1889.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
Basel (/ ˈ b ɑː z əl /, BAH-zəl; German: ⓘ), also known as Basle, [note 1] is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the River Rhine (at the transition from the High to the Upper Rhine). [4] Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zurich and Geneva), with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. [5]
Google has updated it's aerial maps of Ukraine for the first time since the start of Russia's attack - with images now revealing the full scale of devastation. The contrast is stark in Mariupol.
Freie Strasse, Basel (Switzerland) Freie Strasse is the oldest shopping street in the city of Basel, Switzerland. It was already used as a transportation and trade route towards the west during the time of the Roman settlement in Augusta Raurica around 44 BC. Today, it is considered one of the most important shopping streets in the city. [1] [2]
OpenStreetMap (abbreviated OSM) is a free, open map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. [4] Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and import from other freely licensed geodata sources.