Scotland

When the Romans invaded Britain in the 1st century AD, they never quite managed to conquer Caledonia - the area now known as Scotland. We'll never know whether the Roman army felt it was too much like hard work to…

Today we're embarking on a brand new journey. After long negotiations with Britain's national mapping agency, we're extremely pleased to announce that from today the website previously known as Google Sightseeing is to become ORDNANCE SURVEY SIGHTSEEING. Ordnance Survey is…

Warning: This post contains partial nudity and other images that you may not deem suitable for the workplace or for children. When we first posted our notorious Topless Sunbather here on Google Sightseeing back in September 2006, half the world…

Since the discovery last night that Street View had been launched in the UK, things have been developing at tremendous speed! The entire web seems to be talking about Street View, and Twitter mentions are happening so fast that we…

Yes people, it's finally here. UK Street View has arrived. We will update this post as news develops! UK news agencies looking for comment can get in touch via our contact form Street View has arrived here in the UK…

Over the weekend Google rolled out another major image update to Google Earth. Frank at the GEarth Blog is tracking the updates, and has so far spotted changes all over the place! Scotland, China, Africa, South Korea, Mongolia, Iceland, Sweden,…