Satellite images from highly oblique angles are pretty mindblowing (arstechnica.com) 9 points by mozumder 8y ago ↗ HN
[–] some_account 8y ago ↗ These look exactly like airplane images. [–] folli 8y ago ↗ The much larger distance makes the pictures converge to an orthographic projection, like a 3D rendering in a game.Look at the parallelity of the streets in Ryadh, this is something you would not see from a plane.
[–] folli 8y ago ↗ The much larger distance makes the pictures converge to an orthographic projection, like a 3D rendering in a game.Look at the parallelity of the streets in Ryadh, this is something you would not see from a plane.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 11.9 ms ] threadLook at the parallelity of the streets in Ryadh, this is something you would not see from a plane.