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Guest Post: Twelve Mile Circle

Today we feature another in a series of special guest posts from geography bloggers, this time from Tom Howder who is responsible for Twelve Mile Circle. Tom has dedicated his site to the many unusual places on the map that…

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Monday, 22nd November 2010

GSS Now Optimised for iPhone, iPad and Other Mobile Devices

We've recently added a number of improvements to Google Sightseeing for those on mobile devices. Firstly, users on smaller screens such as iPhone, iPod or Android phones will automatically see our new mobile-optimised style, which breaks the site down into…

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Wednesday, 17th November 2010

Guest Post: The Basement Geographer

Today we’re very proud to be featuring a specially-commissed guest post from Kyle Kusch, proprietor of excellent geography blog The Basement Geographer. In his non-Internet life, Kyle works as a jack-of-all-trades geographer in rural British Columbia, Canada, where he tells…

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Tuesday, 2nd November 2010

Island Week 5

Those of you paying close attention to our broadcasting schedule will no doubt have noticed that we missed this year's annual Island Week, which began taking place in August 2006. Those of you paying even closer attention might have noticed…

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Monday, 27th September 2010

ABC News on Google’s Street View

A very warm welcome to all our new readers who found out about Google Sightseeing via a mention on ABC News' Nightline show1 the other night. We have over 5 years' of archive posts for you to explore and you…

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Thursday, 23rd September 2010

HubPages Marks the Spot

Recognising our literary passion, technical knowledge, and expertise in the online mapping field1, the web's 57th most popular website, HubPages, have asked Alex and I to join their expert panel and judge entries to their latest contest “HubPages Marks the…

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Tuesday, 31st August 2010

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.