Filed under: Web services, Google
Zooming in (way in) on Google Maps
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.
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, ...
