Google Earth Blog reports that Google Earth has had a huge imagery update with satellite and aerial pics across the globe. The images haven’t made their way into Maps yet, so if you click the image below you’ll just get…

This is the 69,901 seater Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, which is due to play host to tonight’s world cup opening match. In which case, they might want to hurry up and put some grass in there Incredibly, the…

Despite my attempt in August last year to claim that England wins this competition, judging by these images of the Effelsberg 100 metre radio telescope… I’d say it was pretty safe to assume that Germany wins the largest radio telescope…

Today we’re looking at E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) planes – they’re really just Boeing 707s with a 9.1m diameter rotating radar strapped onto the back, which provides airborne surveillance and battle management. Starting in Britain there’s…

Here’s the longest stone arch bridge in the world, the Rockville Bridge in Pennsylvania (Wikipedia page). It was opened in 1902 and (as you can clearly see on the linked Google map) carries heavy railroad traffic to this day. There’s…

Thanks to the various Google Maps updates of imagery in Germany we can now get a good look at Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” or Kehlsteinhaus as it is properly known. The Eagle’s Nest was part of the Berghof complex in the…