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????眾所周知,，蘋果（Apple）已在北卡羅來納州一個(gè)名叫梅登（Maiden）的小鎮(zhèn)建造了面積達(dá)46, 451.52 平方米（50萬平方英尺）的數(shù)據(jù)中心，其最終用途仍然不得而知,，但更為神秘的是它為何沒有顯示在谷歌地球（Google Earth）上,？ ????我們之前就已知曉數(shù)據(jù)中心的樣子，這得感謝?？怂闺娨暸_(tái)（Fox TV）駐當(dāng)?shù)氐囊晃粩z影師以及當(dāng)?shù)氐囊晃环康禺a(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)人,。這位攝影師曾經(jīng)私自闖進(jìn)該中心，而后者則拍攝了一些視頻,，并最終流傳到了YouTube上,。 ????這個(gè)數(shù)據(jù)中心坐落在美國321號公路和星城大道（Startown Road）交匯處，但是此前如果使用谷歌地球或谷歌地圖（Google Maps）定位該地,，會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)該建筑工地及其周邊數(shù)碼的地區(qū)都無法顯示在衛(wèi)星地圖上,。就在兩周前，星城大道西部還是一片荒涼,，除了樹林和農(nóng)田,，就只有幾條車道突兀地伸向田野中央。 ????不過在本周四蘋果宣布史蒂夫?喬布斯即將發(fā)布iCloud后,，我們認(rèn)為應(yīng)該再給谷歌地圖一次機(jī)會(huì),，因?yàn)槲覀兺茰y“即將亮相的云服務(wù)”正是由北卡羅來納州梅登鎮(zhèn)的數(shù)據(jù)中心所提供的。 ????不出所料,，谷歌地圖上果然出現(xiàn)了一座巨大的白色神秘建筑,，有兩條單向的公路連接內(nèi)外，但是卻幾乎看不到員工所停放的車輛,。 ????在谷歌（Google）衛(wèi)星圖片上屏蔽這塊特殊區(qū)域,，蘋果是如何辦到這一點(diǎn)，目前仍然是個(gè)謎,。要知道,，負(fù)責(zé)提供這些圖片可是美國農(nóng)業(yè)部農(nóng)場服務(wù)中心（USDA Farm Services Agency）。 ????下圖為iCloud未公布之前,，谷歌地圖上所顯示的數(shù)據(jù)中心周邊衛(wèi)星圖,。 ????譯者：項(xiàng)航 |
????One of the mysteries surrounding the 500,000-square foot server farm Apple (AAPL) has famously constructed in a small North Carolina town called Maiden -- besides its ultimate purpose -- is why it didn't show up on Google Earth. ????We knew what it looked like, thanks to the local Fox TV affiliate, a trespassing photographer and a local real estate agent who conducted a couple of video flybys that ended up on YouTube (see here). ????But if you asked Google Earth or Google Maps to show you the intersection of U.S. Route 321 and Startown Road -- where the data center is located -- the current satellite imagery stopped a few yards short of the construction site. West of Startown Road, there was, as recently as two weeks ago, nothing but woods and farmland and a bit of driveway that ended abruptly in the middle of a field. ????After Apple's announcement Tuesday that Steve Jobs was ready to reveal iCloud -- the "upcoming cloud services offering" presumably based in Maiden, N.C. -- we thought we'd give Google Maps another try. ????Lo and behold, there it was: A huge, white, nondescript building with a road leading in, a road leading out, and almost no employee parking. ????How was Apple able to keep Google (GOOG) from displaying this particular swath of satellite imagery -- imagery provided by the USDA Farm Services Agency? That's still a mystery. ????Below: The image of the site Google Maps was delivering before the iCloud announcement. |
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