Google Maps removes clouds, clears up view in 700-trillion pixel upgrade

&gt; To put that in perspective, 700 trillion pixels is 70 times more than there are estimated galaxies in the universe according to Google, or just seven Zimbabwean 100 trillion dollar notes.<p>...<p>How about this instead: a 700-trillion pixel world map, if displayed at the 401ppi of the iPhone 6 plus, would be 2.8km^2 and cover 4&#x2F;5 of Central Park.

I think the most interesting part of this news is that they took an image processing technique and applied it on this large of a scale. They&#x27;re doing background extraction on the entire set of satellite data.<p>An example can be found here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;opencvpython.blogspot.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;background-extraction-using-running.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;opencvpython.blogspot.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;background-extracti...</a>

When will the cloudless maps be live? Christmas Island still has (small) clouds:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;maps&#x2F;@-10.4886918,105.6396568,20430m&#x2F;data=!3m1!1e3" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;maps&#x2F;@-10.4886918,105.6396568,20430m&#x2F;...</a>

Anyone else find the comparison if 700 trillion to &quot;just seven Zimbabwean 100 trillion dollar notes&quot; to be extremely strange?