Google Maps Revisited + Google Sightseeing
1. Google Maps - via Satellite
< http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&hl=en >
Google Maps recently incorporated satellite imagery. Currently only USA and
Canada have close-up resolution, but you can get nice long-distance snaps
for other parts of the world.
Here are some interesting places I found tonight:
* Manhattan
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.733,-73.980&spn=0.0699,0.0886&t=k >
* Boston
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.357,-71.058&spn=0.0175,0.0221&t=k >
* Apple Computer's campus
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.332,-122.030&spn=0.00437,0.00554&t=k >
* Golden Gate Bridge
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.814,-122.478&spn=0.00873,0.01107&t=k >
* Las Vegas Boulevard
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.111,-115.173&spn=0.0175,0.0221&t=k >
* Strange blurry area in Las Vegas
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.062,-115.085&spn=0.0175,0.0221&t=k >
* Hoover Dam
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.015,-114.739&spn=0.00436,0.00554&t=k >
* Mount Rushmore
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.878,-103.459&spn=0.00437,0.00554&t=k >
* Grand Canyon?
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.157,-112.036&spn=0.507,0.706&t=k >
* Area 51? - limited zoom levels
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.129,-115.132&spn=0.0175,0.0221&t=k >
* Region around Adelaide, South Australia
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-35.107,138.219&spn=2.2357,2.8345&t=k >
* Italy
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.078,12.854&spn=8.9,11.4&t=k >
* France
< http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.846,2.065&spn=8.9,11.4&t=k >
2. Google Sightseeing
< http://www.shreddies.org/gmaps/ >
"Google Sightseeing takes you to the best tourist spots in the world via
Google Maps' satellite imagery"
It was inevitable - a blog that collects famous, unusual and generally
interesting locations, as seen using Google Maps.
