• by Sophie Kleber , February 11, 2010

New standards in zooming and paning: At deep zoom, one sees the 3D structure of facades. Fly unto the ground to see the streets - yes it's more beautiful than google!

Mapping hyper-local stories to a map in real time.

Using flickr foto local tags and integrating them into the map, including their time tags - augmented reality. Going indoors!!! Same 3D capabilities in public indoor spaces. Life broadcasting inside the map via mobile phone.

Back outside, looking up, integrated worldwide telescopes in the map overlay star constellations. Zoom out to the sky.

TED is blown away!