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Just in case you hadn’t noticed yet, we’ve finally made the move to a permanent domain. Welcome to googlesightseeing.com! RSS feed has also been updated (googlesightseeing.com/feed/), as has the comments RSS feed (googlesightseeing.com/comments/feed/). We’ve also been getting more press coverage.…

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Saturday, 30th April 2005

Links Baby!

Wow, what a launch we’ve had! Thanks to everyone who has submitted locations for us to check out. We’ve been overwhelmed by the response! If you’ve submitted somewhere and we haven’t posted it please be patient as there are over…

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Thursday, 21st April 2005

New Feature: Browse by locality

One of the most requested features for this site is Browse All Posts by Locality.

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Wednesday, 20th April 2005

We’re back!

Sorry for the downtime – we’ve moved host now and everything will be back to normal in no time – thanks for your patience!

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Tuesday, 12th April 2005

Site News

A quick update before we return to our scheduled postings. In the past 3 days this site has used up 25% of our monthly bandwidth limit so we’d be extremely thankful to anyone who contributed a small amount via the…

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Monday, 11th April 2005
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Welcome to Google Sightseeing

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. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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The Futuro House

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Crazy SCUBA Guys Chase Street View

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Definitely a duck (maybe)

Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…

Google Maps publishes aerial images of murder scene

The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…

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In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…

Recent Comments

  1. Guardian Heroes: Ok, that view from the lions gate looks amazing. I’d like to visit there someday.
  2. Mark: Guessing, from this account, that it’s Kevin Barrera. The location linked isn’t exact, but the...
  3. Alex Turnbull: Given how long the body must have lain there (long enough for the aerial photography airplane to have...
  4. Alex Turnbull: Hi Stuart, are you looking at the police officer? The victim looks pretty dead to me :(
  5. Doug: I love the joke you guys play — posting the EXACT same thing every February 2, now for the sixth year in...

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