{"id":13673,"date":"2016-12-22T09:59:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13673"},"modified":"2016-12-22T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T14:59:14","slug":"google-app-land-lines-finds-earth-images-to-match-a-stroke-of-your-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13673","title":{"rendered":"Google app &#8220;Land Lines&#8221; finds earth images to match a stroke of your finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this cool Google experimental app called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lines.chromeexperiments.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Land Lines<\/a>. Just draw a short curvy line and it will instantly find a satellite image of a spot on the earth with a linear feature that matches your line:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/12\/googles-addicting-game-turns-scribbles-satellite-images\/\" target=\"_d\">Land Lines is an addicting game from Google that turns scribbles into satellite images | WIRED<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This video illustrates how it works:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w6-LK9BOVTA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this cool Google experimental app called\u00a0Land Lines. Just draw a short curvy line and it will instantly find a satellite image of a spot on the earth with a linear feature that matches your line:\u00a0Land Lines is an addicting game from Google that turns scribbles into satellite images | WIRED. This video illustrates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13673\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google app &#8220;Land Lines&#8221; finds earth images to match a stroke of your finger<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eyes-in-the-sky","category-software"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3yx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2233,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2233","url_meta":{"origin":13673,"position":0},"title":"Google displays satellite images of sites over 40 year span","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Google Earth Engine displays a range of satellite imagery including zoomable time-lapse views of particular areas over a 40 year time span: A picture of Earth through time - Official Google Blog Here are some examples:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Eyes in the Sky&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Eyes in the Sky","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=27"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HEqw4n3yDc8\/UYsqyGbBoLI\/AAAAAAAAMRM\/Jv2lrOd6Cu4\/s320\/Columbia_400.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":848,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=848","url_meta":{"origin":13673,"position":1},"title":"Scream in Space via an orbiting smartphone","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"India today successfully launched seven satellites on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the\u00a0Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island. 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