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.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
