Here is an excerpt from the site:
"...Google Australia is celebrating Australia Day 2007 by photographing Sydney Harbour from the air, and we want to make sure as many of us as possible squeeze into the picture.
So when you see the Google branded plane flying overhead this January 26th, hoist a sign, arrange your family into a fun formation or just get a bunch of friends together to wave. "
Sites to read more:
Official Page: Australia Day 2007 on Google Maps
Sydney Morning Herald: Google wants to put you on the map - Stephen Hutcheon gets the scoop on the event from Google Australia's head of engineering, Lars Rasmussen.
Mashup Blog (SMH): Smile for the Google cameras
Recent Post: Google Maps Australia is now live (with new Aus mashups)
2 comments:
The Australia day efforts by Google (and Microsoft) to increase the resolution of the Sydney images and to collect a lot of fun photos of people doing crazy stuf is a lot of fun - and very good PR. They are both getting good coverage in the local papers
Here is the plane passing over our apartment block
Google Plane
We tried to make a message with people, but could only manage a badly rendered “Hi” due to our state of drunkenness!
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