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London 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics (Part 2)
Continuing our tour of Olympic venues, we today move away from the Olympic Zone, to two other areas of London: the River Zone and Central Zone, where Games organisers are making use of well-known London landmarks…
The Gobi Desert (Desert Week 2012)
The rain shadow caused by the massive bulk of the Himalayan mountains creates arid conditions for a huge distance to the east. The 1,600km (1,000 mile) long arc of the Gobi Desert spans the border between…
100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic
On the 15th April 1912, exactly 100 years ago this weekend, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York…
Street View Competitors, Part 1
Google Street View may be ever-expanding in its reach, but it’s still a long way from covering the entire world. There are numerous services that not only offer their own street-level imagery but have beaten Google to the punch in numerous cities around the globe. That got us wondering just what we’re missing from other sites over here at Google Sightseeing, so join us as we take a two-part tour of street-level imagery in places Street View hasn’t reached yet!
Trollstigen (Troll’s path)
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll's path) - a vertiginous road which affords remarkable views of the mountainous scenery. Lucky for us…
Google Sightseeing 2011 Wrap-up
Happy New Year! The festive break is over, and we're all back to work - but there's still time to pause for a look back at Google Sightseeing in 2011. Over the course of the year…
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