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Google world map satellite2/8/2024 ![]() Similarly, the interior jungles of Africa and South America, deserts in various parts of the world, and the remote boreal forests of Canada and Russia all exhibit limited illumination, reflecting the challenges faced by people in these regions when it comes to accessing electricity and infrastructure. Antarctica emerges as a completely dark expanse, reminding us of its isolation and otherworldly beauty. Moreover, the Night Earth map uncovers the vast expanses of our planet that remain thinly populated and unlit. The map visually portrays this phenomenon, offering insights into the patterns of human settlement and development. While certain regions may appear to be the brightest, they may not necessarily be the most heavily populated. One of the map's notable features is its ability to highlight the differences between brightness and population density. It showcases the stark contrasts in urbanization and population density around the world, demonstrating how cities tend to concentrate along coastlines and transportation networks. By providing a visual representation of the Earth's surface at night, the map reveals the areas that are brightly lit and urbanized, as well as those that remain unlit and remote. And yes, even though I didn’t pay anything I still feel shortchanged.The Night Earth map is a fascinating tool that allows us to explore and understand the impact of light pollution on our planet. I now know that if I had a desktop I’d be able to look at the moon and mars so I feel really gypped now. Overall really great concept but what I’m gathering from other reviews, the app particularly for iPad is super low quality compared to others. It is absolutely impossible to tell one country/state from the next with the impossibly thin tan line separating everything that, oh yea, is the same color that is used for most of the landscape. Also, it would be really enjoyable (and easier on my old lady eyes) to be able to make borders bold or different colors or even cut out a region to view it individually. You can’t adjust any type of visual settings so if you zoom too far in on, say, China, you get a million different location names in English and Chinese and you can’t even see the land under all the text. I am terrible at geography and thought this would help me with a class I’m taking but I was mistaken. It’s like they took what they were in the process of developing years ago and just threw it up without even looking at it for a quick review. It takes a lot of disappointment for me to write reviews but this app is just so flat. ![]() Not Even Basic App Comforts (2020 iPad Pro) ![]() However, these things don’t compensate for the nonsensical UI/UX changes. There are a couple new features I appreciate, but they could’ve easily been incorporated without changing the UI completely! I’m happy they gave more control over custom layers, made Timelapse easy to use, and made a toggle to show areas with 3D coverage. And what happened to the Voyager section where you could view different interactive pre-made stories like sea level rise, deforestation, etc?! The slideshow for viewing photos is a complete downgrade because you can no longer zoom in on the pictures! The layers tab is cluttered. Now I have this annoying UI element constantly taking up a ton of space where it can accidentally get tapped. This update makes absolutely no sense and is a perfect example for app developers of what NOT to do - don’t dramatically change an app that worked great for years unless the changes clearly benefit users! These changes are not improvements! Why make a huge “Your projects” tab that takes up screen real estate without even giving us the option to completely hide it? My guess is that most mobile Google Earth users don’t even use projects regularly… I certainly don’t. ![]()
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