http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/comment-page-1/#comment-201617 leslie Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:08:32 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/#comment-201617 <p>The Vancouver Post Office now has a new stamp on its roof - Vancouver, BC gets the 2010 Winter Olympics and the stamp is about the 2010 Olympics. Sorry No picture available as yet (by me I mean).</p> The Vancouver Post Office now has a new stamp on its roof – Vancouver, BC gets the 2010 Winter Olympics and the stamp is about the 2010 Olympics. Sorry No picture available as yet (by me I mean).

]]> http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/comment-page-1/#comment-374 b3uk Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:35:35 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/#comment-374 <p>Saxifrage, I think Shreddies meant that <em>up on the stamp</em> is north-west :-)</p> Saxifrage, I think Shreddies meant that up on the stamp is north-west

]]> http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/comment-page-1/#comment-372 shreddies Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:27:50 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/#comment-372 <p>Really? That's odd as the maps of other cities <em>appear</em> to be orientated so that north is up and south is down.</p> Really? That’s odd as the maps of other cities appear to be orientated so that north is up and south is down.

]]> http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Saxifrage Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:17:07 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/#comment-369 <p>Correction: Up is North, not North West. Downtown Vancouver is on a grid that is 45 degrees rotated from the N-S, E-W grid of the rest of the city, due to the shape of the peninsula.</p> Correction: Up is North, not North West. Downtown Vancouver is on a grid that is 45 degrees rotated from the N-S, E-W grid of the rest of the city, due to the shape of the peninsula.

]]> http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/comment-page-1/#comment-353 punkfloyd Thu, 14 Apr 2005 04:59:57 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/12/post-office-vancouver/#comment-353 <p>The circular building in a little bit lower and to the left is Vancouver Public Library. It was cast as the headquarters of the evil corporation in "Sixth Day", a flick with Arnold Schwarzenegger. So you can also file the map under Movie Locations : )</p> The circular building in a little bit lower and to the left is Vancouver Public Library. It was cast as the headquarters of the evil corporation in “Sixth Day”, a flick with Arnold Schwarzenegger. So you can also file the map under Movie Locations : )

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