Prior to the recent Street View update you could pan down on the street view images to see the car which carried the 360° cameras around the cities. However, the most recent update somehow manages to make the car disappear, so…

Last week, we celebrated Street View's first anniversary with our Top 10 unseen posts. Google have now joined in the celebrations by adding a massive 37 new areas. All the new areas are still US based, but the update does…

This sparse forest in Denmark bares a uncanny resemblance to a face, could it be just a coincidence? Unfortunately not, as it's man-made. But the face is the work of famous 1800s Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who originally created…

In Japan's "second city" of Osaka, space for offices is severely limited. So limited that the 16 story 'Gate Tower Building' had to lose the 5th, 6th and 7th floors to a raised highway! The story goes that back in…

Yesterday a large fire tore through the Universal Studios backlot, injuring 3 people and destroying numerous sets. Thankfully no-one was seriously injured, but the fire did destroy a key piece of movie history: Courthouse Square. Courthouse Square has been used…

The newly released Google Earth Web Plugin allows you to access the 3D globe of Google Earth, right within your browser. You can give it a go right now as we've enabled the Google Earth mode on our map page1.…