GoogleSightseeing points to a cool new discovery on Google Maps: A Firefox Crop Circle in an Oregon field! (Zoom in to take a closer look!) - Here is the original post from Google Sightseeing.
They also have the scoop on the imagery update that started with Google Earth and which has now made its way over to Google Maps. Here are the highlights from their original post:
- 12 High-resolution cities in Germany (Bayreuth, Bochum, Castrop-Rauxel, Fulda, Hof, Mannheim, Marburg, Potsdam, Schweinfurt, Siegen, Unna Froendenberg, Wuerzburg)
- 6 High-resolution regions in the UK (Bridgend, Cleveland, Dundee, Plymouth, Poole, Rochford)
- 31 City updates from Digital Globe (If anyone has a list of these cities, please post a comment!)
- Entire island of Oahu (Hawaii)
- Imagery from individual cities/counties: Grants Pass, OR; City of Kent, WA; Salem, OR; Douglas County, WA; Hartford County, MD; Jackson County, OR; Summit County, OR; Expanded/updated coverage for the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Indiana, and Florida
- Darfur Region -- (Use this map as a guide for specific locations in the conflict, as well as Wikimapia)
- 66 Islands (if anyone knows which islands, please post a comment!)
- Improved SF/Bay area water
Other cool new Google Maps Sights:
Is that a flying saucer in The Netherlands? - Victoria Falls in Zambia - Top 10 Naked People on Google Maps/Earth - Mark Cuban's Mansion - John Travolta's "Jumbolair" (Zoom in to see his jumbo jet garage!) - Helicopter Downwash - Dolphin Island - Angkor Wat, Cambodia
3 comments:
Easy lookup more cool Googlemaps things on satellitepictures at streetlevel by address, zipcode and/or UK-postcode worldwide?
Then try PICSFROMSPACE,LOOKUP YOUR PLACE BY ADRRESS, since september 12th available at:
http://www.walweb.nl/picsfromspace
The video of the "making-of" FireFox Crop Circle on Google Video
There must be better things to look at than fuzzy naked people from afar!
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