Google Earth

In reading the commentary of GIScience Tens after Ground Truth was really interesting to me, but what really got my attention was the idea of how Google Earth has changed the science of geography. Google Earth was made a huge impacted in the geography world around 2005. Since then it has brought new ideas to GIS and has also made society more interested in the outlook of how the world function. On page 691 the author expresses some interesting question about Google Earth and I wanted to repeat then and see what people thoughts were about Google Earth. The author questioned – What determines the variability in Google Earth from high resolution in some areas to much lower resolution in others- whose agenda is being served here? 2. What features are visible in Google Earth coverage, and what does it make invisible? 3. Who does it empower, and who does it marginalize? 4. What applications are being built on Google Earth, and by whom and for what purpose? (Goodchild, 691).