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Tuesday, 21st September 2010 by Ian Brown
The Struve Geodetic Arc was a network of triangulation points developed in the 19th century, in an attempt to accurately calculate the size and shape of our planet. 34 of the original 265 points are clearly marked and were recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2005. Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve was member of a family of prominent astronomers1. While the majority of his work involved the study of…
Landslides, landslips, and land slumps are hazards the world over. Some occur over weeks or even months; others occur in…
Sivash is the shallow system of lagoons that separates Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Home to large-scale salt deposits, Sivash may just contain the most colourful waters to be found in Google Maps, with ponds of blue, beige and organe readily visible.
Today is the 25 year anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, so we’re taking another look back at the high-resolution imagery…
The Struve Geodetic Arc was a network of triangulation points developed in the 19th century, in an attempt to accurately…
Last week a top-secret Russian shortwave radio station, UVB-76, began broadcasting a coded message for only the fourth time in…
New writer: Chris Hannigan Chris is from Savannah, Georgia, USA where he works as a computer lab instructor for a…
The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100…
The largest city on the planet that wasn’t in existence at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of…
Google has today launched brand new Street View imagery for Norway, Finland and large parts of Canada. But it’s in…
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…
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