Reader Tim Gregory found the 80 foot tall world’s largest tyre in Michigan. It apparently started life as a giant tyre-shaped ferris wheel at the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair, and was moved to Allen Park, Michigan to be a roadside attraction in 1966. According to this page at roadsideamerica.com it was once punctured with the world’s largest nail as a publicity stunt.
Especially for Andrew Scott, we’re finally posting some trains 
Union Pacific’s classification yard in North Platte, Nebraska is the world’s largest railroad classification yard. The yard is made up of 315 miles of track, and up to 10,000 railroad cars are handled here each day. Wikipedia says:
Because of the enormous amount of products traveling through Bailey yard each and every day, the yard is sometimes referred to as being an “economic barometer of America”
Thanks Jeff Jones and dan.
Props for this one go to Quentin and Peter Grabowsky, who both sent us this pretty darn huge message, which is apparently directed to the airmen flying in and out of Offutt AFB near Omaha, Nebraska.
Wow, what a launch we’ve had! Thanks to everyone who has submitted locations for us to check out. We’ve been overwhelmed by the response! If you’ve submitted somewhere and we haven’t posted it please be patient as there are over 1700 submissions in the queue for us to review.
Thanks to the following for linking us:
We aren’t the only ones obsessed about Google Maps.
Mike Pegg over at Google Maps Mania has an excellent blog detailing news, new features, background and gossip about the map service.
As Brits we’re also pleased to see that Google have released Google Maps UK, currently no super-detailed satellite coverage but I’m sure they’re working on it. Can’t wait to get posting all those UK landmarks.
Thanks again for all the support.
Alex, James & Olly
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