Here’s a silly Google Maps origin story about how “Satellite” was almost named “Bird Mode”pic.twitter.com/wj7CRJUEyx
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Simply “Aerial” would have worked and fitted ;-)
I think we jinx'd each other!
"Aerial" is shorter than "Satellite" and as easily understood. For your argument to hold weight instead of be a strawman, you have to compare "Satellite Photography" with "Aerial Photography."
You would have fit right in
I would be confused by aerial. (I’d be annoyed by thinking about antennas/antennae) Aerial photography is fine but long. Satellite works without photography.
Well, bird is slang for an airplane, too.
13 years later, Sergey finally got his revenge. Having had Bird Mode taken away from him, he planted the seed for Lime mode.
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