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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Google Street View on iPhone
Apple’s recent iPhone 2.2 update has added Google Maps Street View to the already essential device. With the iPhone’s pinch-zoom and finger-panning, the experience is even better than on the web. The only downside is that the iPhone doesn’t automatically…
Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets
If you’ve always dreamed of being a world-famous blogger, then you can’t do better than “Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets”. The just-released book by Stephane Grenier features interviews with 40 of the internet’s top bloggers, including the…
Google Earth for iPhone
Despite having their own mobile phone platform to develop for, Google have somehow managed to find time to write one of the most important mobile applications yet released – yes you guessed it, Google Earth has been launched for the…
Volcano Week 3 Volcano Day
All of a sudden we seem to have reached the end of our third annual Volcano Week, and we’ve posted some fascinating locations so far – however so many of you have sent us excellent suggestions that we now have…
Site News: New Imagery and French Street Views
Rudely interrupting our very important Volcano Week 3, Google have chosen this week to make two significant imagery updates. Firstly, a ton of new satellite and aerial imagery is currently available worldwide in Google Earth. A scavenger hunt for the…
Volcano Week 3
Continuing where 2005’s Volcano Day and 2006’s Volcano Day 2 left off, we’ll be exclusively posting volcano-related sights this week as part of Volcano Week 3!1 We’ve got loads of great volcanoes lined up for the week, but if you…
Best of Google Sightseeing
Very Large Christs
Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…
Shipwrecks of Aden
For centuries, the port of [Aden][w] has served as Yemen’s gateway to the the world. Its distinctive double harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano. Over the years, a number of wrecked ships have accumulated in Aden’s harbour, many of which are visible in Google Maps imagery.
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.
Rozenburg Wind Wall
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
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.
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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