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.
Apparently officially recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records, here in San Alfonso del Mar in Chile you can hardly miss the world’s largest swimming pool!
This absolutely immense pool is 1 kilometre long and covers eight hectares - that’s 80,000 square metres! Furthermore, it contains an incredible 250,000 cubic metres of water.
And yes, it’s right beside the beach, and no more than a stone’s throw… from the sea.
Thanks to Bene via nubricks.com
The Google Latlong Blog has posted an announcement of new and updated 60cm satellite imagery in Google Earth and Google Maps.
As with the last update the list of what’s new is formatted as a set of clues which you have to solve. But if you’re feeling lazy then Google Earth Blog has all the answers!
There’s 130 countries updated with the new images, so get suggesting those sights!
Update: new imagery now available in Google maps!
With 144 pages of glossy high-quality satellite photos, the weirdest and best of Google Earth is now available in the…
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