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Size Matters

Tuesday, 19th July 2005 by Alex

This isn’t a sight I’m afraid, just a quick update… Has anyone else noticed that Google have finally put a scale on their maps? :-D

Update: Yup, sorry it appears I missed the boat. There’s an article over on Scavengeroogle about it already :-)

Update 2: Oops. Googlemapsmania had it first, and apparently we told them about it! Who knew? However, a comment on this post points something very cool out. Tobin said:

did you notice that if you’re looking at the initial view (the entire US), when you scroll around the map, the scale changes? I assume it’s because the curvature of the earth.

Try it out, it’s cool!

Scale!

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6 Responses to 'Size Matters'

  1. 1. Jeff Alu says: July 19th, 2005 at 11:13 pm

    Didn’t notice until you brought it up. Those guys are SNEAKY! ;)

  2. 2. woowoowoo says: July 20th, 2005 at 12:03 am

    old news! I noticed that just after the Manta Ray post! Something I have just discovered (maybe new too), is that Japan is now fully integrated with vector/road maps - all in Japanese! it’s cooool!!

  3. 3. Edward says: July 20th, 2005 at 3:18 pm

    Re the Japan maps — I wonder how much McDonald’s is paying Google? If you zoom in you can see Golden Arches icons… :)

  4. 4. AnotherChanceToSee says: July 21st, 2005 at 7:32 pm

    I’ve not found a M yet, but here’s one of the
    Placemark: 7-11 / Google Earths

  5. 5. AnotherChanceToSee says: July 21st, 2005 at 7:34 pm

    OK, here’s some Placemark: McDonalds / Google Earth

  6. 6. AnotherChanceToSee says: July 21st, 2005 at 7:49 pm

    And I got quite a shock when I saw just how big the Yangtze Three Gorges Dam construction site really was !

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