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Google gets closer to earth
Time to get virtually closer to a few more pieces to the Earth's landscape. Google Earth, which will be followed by Google Maps, has updated imagery in the US, Latin America, Africa, India, China, Australia and New Zealand. Google isn't saying exactly where to find the updates, which hit 130 countries. So if you think it is going to be easy to find the new imagery, think again. You are going to have to work a little. Google has put together a list of 11 clues as to where the updates are. Here is one to get you off and running on your Google Earth trip:
The Trojan horse from the 2004 movie Troy is visible in this city:
If any DLSers are map explorers, or have come across the recently updated satellite imagery, feel free to drop a note in the comments as to the locations.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Josh said 2:42PM on 10-03-2007
#9 - Bikini, marshall islands
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Nicholas gray said 2:18PM on 10-03-2007
It would be nicer if they just gave us links to all the area with new images. I knwo they want us to explore, but I want to explore whats new.
http://tccondomap.com
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Dave said 2:28PM on 10-03-2007
It would be nice if they updated near my house! According to Google Earth, there is a car that has been turning off the street right next to my house for over 5 years now! It's creepy! I'm also worried I may hit them one time while backing out of my driveway. Come on Google Earth, make that car go away!
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bcmonke said 11:45PM on 10-03-2007
They updated in my area, images are from I'd say June now from what I can see of the construction in the area. Nice, no longer looks like a bunch of empty fields.
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john said 6:16AM on 10-07-2007
Is Turkey in US, Latin America, Africa, India, China, Australia or New Zealand???????????????
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Rahul Ghai said 7:11AM on 10-04-2007
Google earth blog has already found the answers :
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/10/new_google_earth_imagery_update_oct.html
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