France

Clipperton Island

Clipperton Island, a remote coral atoll, is a place of mysterious geography with a disturbing history.

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Thursday, 9th April 2009

UK Street View Has Arrived

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…

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Wednesday, 18th March 2009

Joyeux Anniversaire! Buon Compleanno!

Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of our first foreign language translations of Google Sightseeing, when we launched Google Sightseeing Français translated by Julien Gremillot, and Google Sightseeing Italiano translated by Alexei Popov. Many congratulations to Julien…

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Tuesday, 3rd March 2009

GPeniS

This is the very lovely, but otherwise totally normal-looking Place de Terreaux in Lyon, France. Nothing strange about it at all, right? However if you turn on the "show labels" option on Google Maps, it looks a lot like Google…

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Friday, 27th February 2009

Flocking

"Flocking" is the term used to describe the collective motion of a number of creatures, and is best known as something that birds do together. So much so that the collective noun for birds is of course "flock". A group…

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Wednesday, 7th January 2009

Street View New Zealand Roundup

With this week's launch of Street View for New Zealand we thought it was time for a quick roundup of the best Street View sights we've posted on our Twitter page over the past week. We've found several things to…

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Friday, 5th December 2008

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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