Standing outside their offices in Belo Horizonte, we find the Google Team,officially welcoming Street View to Brazil. We've recently heard rumors that, as with so many of Google's products, one of the engineers has a hidden message.... Perhaps it's this…

Today Google have added even more countries to their ever-expanding Street View offering, which now takes Pegman onto all seven continents of the world! As it's Google Sightseeing's Fifth Annual Island Week, Google have kindly added a small amount of…

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…

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…

Today marks the 71st anniversary of the universally acclaimed 1939 American musical movie 'The Wizard of Oz', which has been often named as the most-watched film in history. The film was based on the 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of…

Apologies to anyone who tried to view Google Sightseeing today and was inadvertently redirected to our excellent Spanish site. Everything is now back to normal, but some RSS readers may still be showing cached Spanish content for a few more…