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Thursday, 19th July 2012 by @gsightseeing
The Morganza Spillway is a flood management system on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, intended to protect the cities of…
Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…
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 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.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
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.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
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This isn’t true. The zoom on Street view doesn’t go by far that close. Try yourself.
In what sense isn’t this true? Here’s the source link on Google maps to the exact same view:
http://goo.gl/maps/tvM8
Of course it’s true. It must be just an artifact of the way that the streetview cars take successive pictures and stitch them together.
http://goo.gl/maps/YfLs
Funny stitches happen. IRL there is a sign brasserie with 2 letters s here. On Streetview it reads braserie which looks like it is incorrectly spelled
Unlikely to be deliberate since Americans don’t use Loo to refer to a toilet
Quite obviously a stitching error; look at the double door, the right wing is more narrow.
Fun stuff, though.