England v Trinidad and Tobago

This is the Urban Stadium in Nuremberg... Erm, no. It used to be the Urban Stadium, it now appears to be the Frankenstadion... Sorry. This stadium has been renamed the easyCredit-Stadion for the next 5 years. Except... FIFA have renamed…

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Thursday, 15th June 2006

Amerigo Vespucci

At a naval base in La Spezia, Italy, we see the world famous tall ship "Amerigo Vespucci". She was ordered in 1925 along with the Cristoforo Colombo, an identical ship that was decommissioned by the USSR after WWII, and is…

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Tuesday, 13th June 2006

More Google Earth Updates

Yesterday, at their Geo Developer Day, Google released Google Earth 4.0 (Beta) - a major update to the mapping application which features 3D textured models and a new interface, as well as Linux support and a universal mac binary! To…

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Tuesday, 13th June 2006

Huge Google Earth Update

Google Earth Blog reports that Google Earth has had a huge imagery update with satellite and aerial pics across the globe. The images haven't made their way into Maps yet, so if you click the image below you'll just get…

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Friday, 9th June 2006

Allianz Arena

This is the 69,901 seater Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, which is due to play host to tonight's world cup opening match. In which case, they might want to hurry up and put some grass in there 😉 Incredibly,…

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Friday, 9th June 2006

Germany Wins…

Despite my attempt in August last year to claim that England wins this competition, judging by these images of the Effelsberg 100 metre radio telescope... I'd say it was pretty safe to assume that Germany wins the largest radio telescope…

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Friday, 9th June 2006

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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