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While the internet is a major force in connecting people, Google Earth is connecting us to our planet. A growing number of people are learning to look at our planet in a different way. We are finally beginning to understand how this planet is alive, how this living system works but also the damage we're doing to it. Anyone connected to the internet can go anywhere on the planet to see for themselves. And this is only the beginning.



Quoting yourself is not a good habbit, but my question goes right back to the beginning of this thread:
How realistic is GE and does it matter if you use GE as a source iof inspiration for art?

I started questioning my earlier GE artworks when I was searching for my brothers house, somewhere in the country of Victoria, Australia (I'm planning to make him an oil pastel for his birthday). Now I know Australia's a pretty dry place, but the GE image looked terrible. In reality the place looks quite a bit greener and I guess more healthy than on GE. In this case I could compare reality and GE, but if I use GE images of places I haven't been and of which I don't have 'normal' photographs I might misrepresent the place and draw the wrong conclusions. I guess my conscience is playing up.

Should GE be supplied with a flashing warning signal:
The images you are about to see do not represent reality! ????

Has anyone out there thought of this dilemma? Maybe it's been an issue in the GE community before, but I couldn't find a reference.
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Evert Schut http:/googleearthart.blogspot.com