Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
The staff of GGSS would like to wish a very happy Hogmanay (or New Year as everyone else calls it) to all our readers! Since starting our sightseeing adventures in April of this year we’ve had almost two million unique visits, but we’ve got big plans for ‘06 and will continue to expand with new features and new sights. Many thanks for your continued support!
This form will auto-link URLs or you can use simple HTML, <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com">Like this</a>.
Link to specific places either as a Google Maps page or a decimal latitude and longitude written like this: lat/lng:55.949400,-3.200000.
If you've found an unrelated sight that you think should be posted in its own entry then use the suggestion form!
Your weblog has been one of the most interesting uses of a blog out there, and the collaborative properties in the comments have been refreshing.
Hopefully, Google will get even more high-quality images into their database, and some newer ones, too. It’s amusing to nearly get run over by Houston’s infamous Danger Train on the way home from work and not to see it on the satellite maps yet.
Keep up the good work.
Having only found your site yesterday, I am still in awe that I am addicted already. I wish I would have thought of this idea! I love this site and I hope to use it in my classroom. My students absolutely love learning random facts. This way they will be able to learn something educational and be able to explore on their own.
Have a great Hogmanay!
In 1985, in response to my enthusiam for the internet, I was asked “yes, but what’s it /for/?”.
Were I asked that now … I could just point them here.
And a Happy New Year to you as well
Happy New Year (Feliz AÑo Nuevo) to you all