Comments on: Interesting Google Maps satellite images

Interesting Google Maps satellite images

Lush — Fri, 06 May 2005 03:11:49 -0800

Google Globetrotting. Play armchair traveler or spot-the-anomaly with thousands of Google Maps satellite photos!

By: mendel

mendel — Fri, 06 May 2005 04:02:55 -0800

This is endless entertainment for me. Here's more google sightseeing (formerly at shreddies.com).

By: Chunder

Chunder — Fri, 06 May 2005 04:02:58 -0800

/me likes this... Shame that there's no satellite view of the Cerne Abbas Giant, in Dorset - it'd be great to think that you can see that from orbit :-)

By: salmacis

salmacis — Fri, 06 May 2005 05:24:28 -0800

Well, here's Cerne Abbas, but I don't know where the Giant is.

By: smcniven

smcniven — Fri, 06 May 2005 05:56:02 -0800

Is this where the Iraqi WMD's are kept? /derail Here's the Giant

By: Chunder

Chunder — Fri, 06 May 2005 06:05:04 -0800

salmacis: Found him! Not a very good image, though... and certainly not enough for aliens to think that we're all dirty pervs, or something :-) (BTW - I've never used Multimap before; it's great! Thanks for the link!)

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Fri, 06 May 2005 09:09:49 -0800

It's still annoying that Google Maps doesn't provide a scale indicator. Until they do, Google Maps will be nothing more than a fun toy, and I'll stick with Yahoo Maps or Mapquest for maps that are actually useful. </peeve>

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sat, 07 May 2005 01:46:05 -0800

I hadn't followed this closely but I'm fascinated that early assumptions Google was 'shopping out airplanes in flight have been proven wrong. Including this fascinating series. Zoom out and you'll see five shots of the same plane, as the satellite "followed" it in takeoff.

By: Turtle

Turtle — Sat, 07 May 2005 05:00:45 -0800

Very nice.

By: Lush

Lush — Sat, 07 May 2005 12:15:38 -0800

Intriguing find, dhartung. The airport and the freight line in the zoomed-out map are quite fascinating as well. *proceeds to titter schoolgirlishly at the Cerne Abbas Giant aerial photo*