Comments on: Shing Mun Tunnel http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:53:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: phoebe http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-49771 phoebe Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:31:51 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-49771 you can only connect to the famous tunnel because i am not sure thank you you can only connect to the famous tunnel because i am not sure

thank you

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3568 Alex Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:24:12 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3568 Jonathan, > why is this linked to maps.google.ca Only because the submitter must have been browsing in Canada. Here in the UK maps.google.com redirects to maps.google.co.uk, and the domain extension makes no difference as far as we know :-) Hope that answers your question. Jonathan,

> why is this linked to maps.google.ca

Only because the submitter must have been browsing in Canada. Here in the UK maps.google.com redirects to maps.google.co.uk, and the domain extension makes no difference as far as we know :-)

Hope that answers your question.

]]> By: Jonathan Louie http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3567 Jonathan Louie Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3567 Just curious, why is this linked to maps.google.ca instead of maps.google.com? Just curious, why is this linked to maps.google.ca instead of maps.google.com?

]]> By: Mapmeister http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3525 Mapmeister Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:44:40 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3525 This is the first time I have visited the website and I can see the tunnel from my window! Coincidence? This is the first time I have visited the website and I can see the tunnel from my window! Coincidence?

]]> By: Chad http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3506 Chad Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:23:54 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3506 has anyone noticed how empty the streets and highways seem there? has anyone noticed how empty the streets and highways seem there?

]]> By: David Patrick http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3505 David Patrick Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:41:13 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3505 Is this the start and end of an even bigger tunnel in the same region? Start: http://maps.google.ca/maps?ll=22.376018,114.213095&spn=0.004729,0.007318&t=k&hl=en Finish: http://maps.google.ca/maps?ll=22.316515,114.242020&spn=0.004729,0.007318&t=k&hl=en Whole tunnel (Start at north edge of image (about 11 o'clock), finish at southern edge (6 o'clock)): http://maps.google.ca/maps?ll=22.347908,114.234638&spn=0.075668,0.117090&t=k&hl=en Is this the start and end of an even bigger tunnel in the same region?

Start: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Finish: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Whole tunnel (Start at north edge of image (about 11 o’clock), finish at southern edge (6 o’clock)): Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Safalra http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3504 Safalra Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:04:06 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3504 I think the illusion of bizarre perspective makes that building worthy of its own entry. I think the illusion of bizarre perspective makes that building worthy of its own entry.

]]> By: marsh http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3503 marsh Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:09:17 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3503 @fihu: thanks a lot. geez, now i remember this building. it looked totally different in the google sight. and it is not rectangular shaped, which i firstly assumed and led me to a really strange extrapolation. reminds me of those pictures (of Escher?) which flip their perspective depending on what you conentrate on. @fihu: thanks a lot. geez, now i remember this building. it looked totally different in the google sight. and it is not rectangular shaped, which i firstly assumed and led me to a really strange extrapolation.

reminds me of those pictures (of Escher?) which flip their perspective depending on what you conentrate on.

]]> By: fihu http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3501 fihu Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:46:59 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3501 @marsh: have a look at this 360°-panorama: http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtpanoramen/panoramen/index33.shtml (needs IE!) The buidling is actually quite high, so the strange perspective is understandable. @marsh: have a look at this 360°-panorama: http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtpanoramen/panoramen/index33.shtml (needs IE!)

The buidling is actually quite high, so the strange perspective is understandable.

]]> By: Steve Zilko http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/06/29/sing-mun-tunnel/#comment-3497 Steve Zilko Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:24:46 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=379#comment-3497 Low-res, but I think this is the Millau Viaduct under construction: http://maps.google.ca/maps?ll=44.086418,3.020210&spn=0.227005,0.244944&t=k&hl=en Low-res, but I think this is the Millau Viaduct under construction:

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

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