Kungumsebenzi owaduma eminyakeni eminingi edlule, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi kuseseyintsha, noma kunjalo, isithombe sesathelayithi seGoogle Maps, esaziwa ngeGoogle Earth, asimisi ukuthuthuka. Kulezi zinsuku, I-Google isebenzisa lezi zithombe ngencazelo ephezulu yeGoogle Maps neGoogle Earth, ukuze sikwazi ukubona amazulu omhlaba ngemininingwane eminingi ebingaziwa phambilini. Kancane kancane, imisebenzi yokudweba amabalazwe nezesathelayithi iyakhula, ngejubane elifanayo nobuchwepheshe. Le yindlela esizokwazi ngayo ngelinye ilanga ukubona izithombe kusuka noma ikuphi emhlabeni ngokukhululeka okumangazayo.
Le nkampani ibike kulo lonke namuhla ukuthi yethule izingxenye ezintsha kumfanekiso wayo woMhlaba nobuso bawo, kepha kulokhu ngezithombe ezithathwe ngesinqumo esiphezulu esithathwe yiLandsat 8, isathelayithi ebekwe emzileni yi-USGS neNASA emuva 2013. Iqiniso ukuthi izithombe elisinikeza zona ziyamangalisa, esithombeni sikanhlokweni esizibonayo ngaphambi nangemva endabeni yaseNew York.
Ukukhiqiza lezi zithombe sisebenzise i-Google Earth API efanayo. Ososayensi bayisebenzisile ukwenza ngcono izithombe futhi ngaleyo ndlela bafunde umthelela kamalaleveva noma ukuthi izinga lamanzi lizokhuphuka kanjani eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ezayo.
Ngenxa yesathelayithi entsha, lezi zithombe ezintsha zinakho ngaphezu kwamaphikseli angama-trillion angama-700Ukusinikeza umbono, kunamaphikseli aphindwe cishe izikhathi ezingama-7.000 kulezi zithombe kunezinkanyezi eziseMilky Way, noma amaphikseli aphindwe kasikhombisa ngaphezu kwenani elilinganisiwe lemithala eMkhathini.
Ukuvuselelwa kwabo bonke abasebenzisi kuzofika ngendlela yezigaba, iGoogle ikhipha lezi zithombe ezintsha kancane kancane ukuze zingagcwalisi uhlelo.
