Comments on: Zao VOR http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:13:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ben http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-140197 Ben Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:26:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-140197 OK, let's put some of this doubt out the window. This island is in Chinese waters. (Not Macau, but mainland China). The island is called 'Jiu Zhou'. I don't know how that translates. The structure you see is indeed a VOR beacon, used in aviation. It's identifer is 'ZAO' as seen on the top. We call it Jiu zhou when we talk to the Air Traffic Controllers. Or we just call it Zulu Alpha Oscar (ZAO). It's frequency is: ZAO 117.2MHz Ben OK, let’s put some of this doubt out the window.

This island is in Chinese waters. (Not Macau, but mainland China). The island is called ‘Jiu Zhou’. I don’t know how that translates.

The structure you see is indeed a VOR beacon, used in aviation. It’s identifer is ‘ZAO’ as seen on the top.

We call it Jiu zhou when we talk to the Air Traffic Controllers. Or we just call it Zulu Alpha Oscar (ZAO). It’s frequency is: ZAO 117.2MHz

Ben

]]> By: JP http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-78778 JP Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:24:34 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-78778 Putting Walt's link through Google's (fun) translation machine: "Macao googlesightseeing talking about a strange off buildings read a big 'ZAO', 'number one:' Foreigners are very strange word these doubts. "I carefully observed this place, they had to correct an obvious mistake, The island is not in Macau (Macau), but in Zhuhai (ZhuHai) Baidu opened this can be found on the map, called 'states' islands. "As for the wording of the buildings, 'the number one' good word recognition, But after a difficult character recognition, I think the word might be 'dates', precisely because of its phonetic ZAO. but also want to see strokes." The world's best dates? I know where I'm taking my next date. Putting Walt’s link through Google’s (fun) translation machine:

“Macao googlesightseeing talking about a strange off buildings read a big ‘ZAO’, ‘number one:’ Foreigners are very strange word these doubts.

“I carefully observed this place, they had to correct an obvious mistake, The island is not in Macau (Macau), but in Zhuhai (ZhuHai) Baidu opened this can be found on the map, called ’states’ islands.

“As for the wording of the buildings, ‘the number one’ good word recognition, But after a difficult character recognition, I think the word might be ‘dates’, precisely because of its phonetic ZAO. but also want to see strokes.”

The world’s best dates? I know where I’m taking my next date.

]]> By: walt http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-78244 walt Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:30:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-78244 "天下第一表" Which means the worlds biggest watch look here:(chinese) http://www.williamlong.info/google/archives/180.html “天下第一表”
Which means the worlds biggest watch
look here:(chinese)
http://www.williamlong.info/google/archives/180.html

]]> By: JP http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75879 JP Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:54:28 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75879 Thanks, everyone -- you all rock! Thanks, everyone — you all rock!

]]> By: Paradox http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75856 Paradox Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:13:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75856 The worlds best egg? The plot thickens :-) I can confirm that 天下第一蛋 means the worlds best egg but that doesn't help us figure out what is on the map. Doing a search for 天下第一 seems to turn up all kinds of things - I guess 'the worlds best ...' is a common phrase. It really all hinges on what the last character is and unfortunately its just to blurry to make out. I guess an aircraft navigation aid is a good a guess as any. The worlds best egg? The plot thickens :-) I can confirm that 天下第一蛋 means the worlds best egg but that doesn’t help us figure out what is on the map. Doing a search for 天下第一 seems to turn up all kinds of things - I guess ‘the worlds best …’ is a common phrase. It really all hinges on what the last character is and unfortunately its just to blurry to make out. I guess an aircraft navigation aid is a good a guess as any.

]]> By: Jamie http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75278 Jamie Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:26:07 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75278 After pestering my wife for a while I found <a href="http://pdf.sznews.com/gb/content/2001-11/27/content_396889.htm" rel="nofollow">this article</a>. The sign supposedly says "天下第一蛋" and is something to do with a hot spring and attracting tourists. It seemingly says "The Worlds Best Egg", and I've been trying to find stuff about it for about an hour now because it seems too silly to post. Please, Chinese people, back me up. Its meant to make some sort of sense in Mandarin. The Wikimapia stuff is a bit less unlikely sounding: 荷包岛 is the name of the island (He Bao Dao or roughly Lotus Package Island). The comment 美丽的海岛 just says "a beautiful island". After pestering my wife for a while I found this article. The sign supposedly says “天下第一蛋” and is something to do with a hot spring and attracting tourists. It seemingly says “The Worlds Best Egg”, and I’ve been trying to find stuff about it for about an hour now because it seems too silly to post. Please, Chinese people, back me up. Its meant to make some sort of sense in Mandarin.

The Wikimapia stuff is a bit less unlikely sounding: 荷包岛 is the name of the island (He Bao Dao or roughly Lotus Package Island). The comment 美丽的海岛 just says “a beautiful island”.

]]> By: James http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75215 James Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:07:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75215 Great investigation work everyone! Jamie, I found that the Wikipedia page for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube" rel="nofollow">Jujube (Chinese Date)</a> makes reference to "jiu zao" (酒枣; literally "spirited jujube") - but could it not just be that Zao is both a word for dates and the name of the island? Has anyone's wife had any luck with the text from Wikimapia? Great investigation work everyone!

Jamie, I found that the Wikipedia page for Jujube (Chinese Date) makes reference to “jiu zao” (酒枣; literally “spirited jujube”) - but could it not just be that Zao is both a word for dates and the name of the island?

Has anyone’s wife had any luck with the text from Wikimapia?

]]> By: Jamie http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75209 Jamie Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:46:54 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75209 In this case the truth may be stranger than fiction, although I don't quite believe it myself yet. A quick search on Google for "天下第一 zao" returns the first website as zao.com.cn, and the quirky phrase - "天下第一枣". My Chinese wife translates it as the worlds best dates. Yes, as in the fruit. Searching on Google Images for the phrase returns lots of pics of dates, but none of the island though. And she's not 100% sure that the character on Google Earth is the same as the character for date (枣). In this case the truth may be stranger than fiction, although I don’t quite believe it myself yet. A quick search on Google for “天下第一 zao” returns the first website as zao.com.cn, and the quirky phrase - “天下第一枣”. My Chinese wife translates it as the worlds best dates. Yes, as in the fruit. Searching on Google Images for the phrase returns lots of pics of dates, but none of the island though. And she’s not 100% sure that the character on Google Earth is the same as the character for date (枣).

]]> By: Gesh http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75195 Gesh Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:54:46 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75195 Cool!!! this is another fun thing to hunt for. Here are a couple more of them. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=41.281951,-70.026745&spn=0.001735,0.003369&t=k&om=1 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Vernon+Hills,+IL&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=42.221488,-87.951616&spn=0.00171,0.004249&t=k&om=1 Cool!!!
this is another fun thing to hunt for.
Here are a couple more of them.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Gesh http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75178 Gesh Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:32:16 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/12/03/zao-vor/#comment-75178 Although this doesn't look like one I appreciate the VOR explanation. I've been wandering for a while what the hell this thing at the entrance to the DFW airport is - now I know. http://uaf.hp.infoseek.co.jp/aac/image3/aa327_02.jpg Here us the GoogleMaps link. http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=32.869247,-97.04023&spn=0.00194,0.003369&t=k&om=1 Although this doesn’t look like one I appreciate the VOR explanation.
I’ve been wandering for a while what the hell this thing at the entrance to the DFW airport is - now I know.
http://uaf.hp.infoseek.co.jp/aac/image3/aa327_02.jpg
Here us the GoogleMaps link.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

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