Mystery Sand Formation (Desert Week 2011)
For our first post of Desert Week 2011, we’re travelling to the Grand Erg Oriental, or ‘Great Eastern Sand Sea’…
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Google Sightseeing Meets Facebook
Does anybody out there use Facebook? Of course you do, I bet you’re only reading this because there’s nothing new on your wall. Well now all you Facebookers can join the Google Sightseeing Official Facebook thing! It doesn’t achieve much,…
Site upgrades
We’ve just completed a few under-the-hood upgrades to GSS and everything seems to be back to normal. If you notice any weirdness or broken bits then please get in touch via the contact form. If you’re reading the site via…
New Imagery in Google Earth October 07. Again.
In a rather unusual move, Google has just updated their image database for the second time this month! Frank at the Google Earth Blog has the full-rundown, but here’s a short list of some of the places which have seen…
New Imagery in Google Earth October 07
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…
Second Annual Google Sightseeing Island Week!
Surprisingly on-time, the following week of Google Sightseeing will be dedicated to our Second Annual Island Week. Following on from the success of last year’s Island Week, we’ll be posting sights related to small pieces of land that are surrounded…
New Google Earth 4.2 Beta (with Google Sky!)
I strongly suggest you download the latest beta version of Google Earth which has, amongst other improvements, Google Sky. Head to the View menu and select “Switch to sky” to turn your view upside down and start Sightseeing amongst the…
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Desert Week 2011
As is customary, the “much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds” desert week is one week late again this year! However, our writers have been touring…
Wow! That’s a LOT of cars!
Check out all of these white cars parked on an airfield in Green Cove Springs, Florida! GSS reader Jon who…
Portmeirion & The Prisoner
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
St Petersburg UNESCO World Heritage Site – Part Two: Forts and Fortresses
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
Portmeirion & The Prisoner
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
St Petersburg UNESCO World Heritage Site – Part Two: Forts and Fortresses
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
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