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Google Sightseeing is now optimized for your iPhone and iPod Touch!

Tuesday, 29th January 2008 by

If you’re lucky enough to own an iPhone or an iPod Touch then you’ll be delighted to hear that Google Sightseeing is now fully optimized for handheld sightseeing! Just dig out your iPhone on Touch and point Safari to http://googlesightseeing.com/1 to get the optimized site. We’ve simplified the site layout to make it much easier to read on the small screen and reduce the download size for when you’re using…

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Welcome to Google Sightseeing

Google Sightseeing takes you on a 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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Population: One

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The Morganza Spillway – Spring Flooding Special

The Morganza Spillway is a flood management system on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, intended to protect the cities of…

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Very Large Christs

Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…

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Lesotho: Kingdom in the Sky

Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.

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Rozenburg Wind Wall

The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…

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Portmeirion & The Prisoner

Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…

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  1. Mike: Yo dawg, I herd you like streetview, so we took a streetview picture of you on streetview.
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