Google Sightseeing 2007 Awards

As 2007 draws to a close we present our choices for the best posts of the year. Best Mystery There were numerous contenders for the most confusing or bizarre images, but our pick is the Mystery Plane Outline, as even…

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Monday, 31st December 2007

Christmas 2007

Today's the last day of work before our much needed Christmas break, so things will be quiet over the next week as we spend time with our families, eat too much food and celebrate Hogmanay. So we leave you with…

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Friday, 21st December 2007

Football fans

Here we see Germany's Burgplatz, which is absolutely swarming with people. Or, more specifically, very orange people! The overwhelming orange-ness of the crowd can only mean they are fans of the Dutch football team, who were gathered in the square…

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Thursday, 20th December 2007

Most Convincingly-Real Whales Ever

In the past we've posted several people's submissions of what they thought were whales, which might have been captured on the satellite imagery of Google Earth whilst nearing the surface of the open sea. In most cases however, our ever-attentive…

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Tuesday, 18th December 2007

The Googleplex

As part of the December 07 image update Google have updated their own headquarters in Mountain View, California. Compared to the older imagery1 the most obvious difference is that the Googeplex has been absolutely covered in solar panels. Installed in…

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Monday, 17th December 2007

New Imagery in Google Earth 17th December ’07

A last minute imagery update of the year has appeared in Google Earth. By my count the eighth update this year, Google have continued the recent trend of announcing the update with a scavenger hunt. Read the Latlong blog for…

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Monday, 17th December 2007

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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