Kite power changes face of Google Earth

Sometimes a simple addition to a big idea can improve the result where it matters (e.g.: better pictures of inhabited areas). Steve

"Google is enlisting the help of a small orange kite to capture some of the more remote regions featured on its popular Google Earth application.


A pair of sailors on a five-year odyssey around the world are taking the aerial images of coastal regions with their home-made kite on behalf of the technology giant, which has traditionally used satellite images on its maps."

Kite images fromBBQ Island, near Panama already feature in the application.

Kite power changes face of Google Earth