Google Earth Imagery Update Nov 06

There's been another image update to Google Earth, as announced by PenguinOpus on the Google Earth forums. The updated areas are: 12 high-resolution cities in Germany (Bayreuth, Bochum, Castrop-Rauxel, Fulda, Hof, Mannheim, Marburg, Potsdam, Schweinfurt, Siegen, Unna Froendenberg, Wuerzburg) 6…

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Friday, 24th November 2006

Telling the time on Google Earth

The KT Palmer Sundial is the largest in North America, described well at The Big Waste of Space. As sundials were primarily designed for telling the time it should be easy to find out when this satellite photograph was taken.…

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Wednesday, 22nd November 2006

Giant Carnival Guy

There's a 145ft tall giant man taking a nap just to the North of Milwaukee Mile NASCAR track. I wonder if any of the carnival-goers have noticed? Thanks: Mike Pegg

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Tuesday, 21st November 2006

Landlocked

This aircraft carrier in China is going to have a hard time achieving much while locked in a small lake some 30 miles from the sea. That's because it's a ¾ scale model of the U.S. Nimitz Class Aircraft carrier,…

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Monday, 20th November 2006

Zombie Attack

Oh dear, it seems the workers at Southwest Office Systems in Fort Worth have been attacked by Zombies, and in their desperation have painted "SOS" on the rooftop. Maybe someone should go and rescue them? If you do valiantly go…

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Saturday, 11th November 2006

Omar’s Public Service Announcements

In the hills over Afghanistan a man named Omar has very kindly chosen to let the whole world know exactly where he is standing. Just to the left of the arrow under the giant word "ME". Omar is probably also…

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Friday, 10th November 2006

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