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« Seder in the blogosphere | Main | Harper's website redesign » Wednesday, April 4, 2007More GooglespottingYesterday I wrote here about the online hobby of spotting planes and other cool stuff using Google Maps and Google Earth. Doing some follow-up research, I've discovered a blog called Google Sightseeing and I'm having a blast paging through it. I've learned that Google carried out a flyover of Sydney Harbor on Australia Day and integrated the photography into both Google Earth and Google Maps. With advance notice, those nutty Aussies sought out attention by doing things like spelling out Google on the deck of a boat, each letter held up by a person, and playing table tennis on a floating table (zoom in). A helicopter in flight also made an appearance. Holding out the promise of even more fun is the news that Google Earth is rolling out live satellite imagery. For now it's only available for Edinburgh, and Google Sightseeing laments the fact that "Edinburgh is very cloudy today, so you may have to search around a bit to find a gap in the clouds."
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