Here's how it works:
- Pick a spot, any spot on Google Maps.
- Click on the satellite or hybrid view.
- Zoom in as far as you can (optional).
- Click the "link to this page" button on the right.
- Now go up the URL and look around til you find a string that says "z=". It will probably have a number like 18 or 19 after it.
- Change that number to 20 and hit enter.
You won't be able to see anything with this method that you couldn't access with Google Earth, but it's much cooler than Google Earth because umm... because it's a hidden feature. Yeah, that's it.
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3-08-2007 @ 5:14PM
D Griffin said...
Works for Downtown Detroit.
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3-08-2007 @ 8:10PM
Jaceson said...
Why are so many of the people @ that supplied coordinate looking straight up? Hmmm..
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=15.298689+19.429651&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=23&ll=15.298544,19.430035&spn=0.001767,0.002843&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr
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3-08-2007 @ 8:45PM
John Gettler said...
These people are probably looking up because this particular 'single' aerial photograph was taken by a passing plane, since not all pictures like this are taken by satellite. Notice if you zoom out, this is the only spot within hundreds of miles with an image of this quality on google maps.
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3-09-2007 @ 8:42AM
Andrew Hillman, Andrew Hillman, Andrew Hillman said...
This is very scarry!
Andrew Hillman
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3-09-2007 @ 1:59PM
MattGrover said...
a)Who knew looking at a load of goats, cows and camels with a few nomads could be so interesting.
b)how the HELL was this found?!? Have you zoomed out, have you seen where it is?!? The person who took this must've told someone, there's NO way you could stumble across that one!
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