Days Out in Korea

Normally considered to be places of fun and pleasure, perhaps the last country you would expect to find the world's largest stadium is in North Korea, one of the most isolated nations on the planet. However with the capacity to…

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Thursday, 15th May 2008

Street View Face Blurring

A recent update to the Street View images of Manhattan has added a new feature designed to protect the privacy of innocent people wandering the streets. So what is this incredible new technology? Why, it's automatic blurry faces of course!…

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Wednesday, 14th May 2008

New Imagery in Google Earth (May ’08)

Just over a month since the last update Google have announced new imagery for Google Earth and Google Maps. The full list of what's new is available on Google Lat Long. If you'd like to be kept bang up-to-date with…

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Wednesday, 14th May 2008

Britain’s Tallest Cow

The web is abuzz today with news that an English animal sanctuary has applied to the Guinness Book of World Records to have one of their bullocks, "Chilli", recognised as Britain's tallest cow. The giant Friesian apparently measures a staggering…

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Tuesday, 13th May 2008

Tanker spillage

Just outside of Lebanon, Oregon, it appears that a lorry has shed its load of white liquid all over the road. This could however be foam from the nearby fire engine, which may have been used to douse flames, or…

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Monday, 12th May 2008

The Onion (and the Gherkin)

Last Sunday saw the swearing in of Boris Johnson, conservative MP for Henley (and renowned committer of gaffes), as the new Mayor of London. This means that, not only will he have power over nearly everything in Greater London, he…

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Friday, 9th May 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.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.