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Image Update February ’07

While we were busy scouring the brand new Australia Day images, we failed to notice that Google have also unleashed an absolute wealth of new imagery for the rest of the world! Here's what's been updated: The entire country of…

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Thursday, 1st March 2007

1,000 Posts Later

Today we’re celebrating, as this post right here is the one thousandth post on Google Sightseeing! We’re commemorating the event in three ways… 1. We’re re-launching our Google Earth Network Link, which has been less than functional for a few…

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Thursday, 1st February 2007

Site news: NY Post & Your Message Here!

Today's New York Post features an article on Google Sightseeing with excerpts from our recent book, Off the Map: The Most Amazing Sights on Earth as Seen by Satellite. If you've arrived here today via the article then a very…

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Tuesday, 23rd January 2007

Feed Update

Many thanks to reader Patrick for pointing out that the Google Earth links recently went missing from our RSS feed. The problem is now fixed, unfortunately that means all the entries in the feed will be marked unread in your…

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Monday, 15th January 2007

The LA Times

It seems that the LA Times has written a very nice article about us! The article is dated the 7th Jan, and as it's currently still the 6th in Los Angeles, we suspect it might well appear in Sunday's print…

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Sunday, 7th January 2007

Happy New Year 2007

It's a little late to the game, but Google Sightseeing would like to wish all our readers a very happy 2007! We'd hoped to post more in the last week, but my MacBook's DC power board died and myself and…

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Wednesday, 3rd January 2007

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.