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A 10,000km Panorama Of Earth
In April NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission took a huge panorama. From 705km above the Earth, the satellite shot a 10,000km-long, 200km-wide strip of planet from Russia to South Africa. It is aptly named ‘The Long Swath.’ Oh and it’s 19.06 gigapixels.
Lost Egyptian Pyramids Appear On Google Earth
If only Howard Carter had access to satellite imagery, maybe he would have discovered more than just King Tut’s tomb. Fortunately, Google Earth means that anyone can examine the planet for last treasures. Including Angela Micol, a satellite archaeology researcher who thinks she has uncovered previously undiscovered ancient pyramids, hiding in plain sight in Egypt.
Watch This Immense Housing Structure Explode On Google Earth
Glasgow’s Red Road tower block housing complex was constructed by the Glasgow Housing Associating (GHA) between 1964 and 1969, with the intention of providing a modern housing community for a whopping 5000 residents.
The Dutch Have The Weirdest Google Maps Censorship
The Netherlands have given the world so much: pizza, sex tourism, The Hague, Rembrandt, Vermeer — and let’s not Aelbert Cuyp. In the tradition of the last three, the Dutch now serve up the most artistically bizarre Google blurring ever.
Balloon And Kite Cameras Give Gorgeous Google Earth Images
Trying something a bit different for a change, the folks at Google Earth sent camera-tethered balloons and kites into the sky to see what kind of images could be captured sans satellite. The results are beautiful, in superhigh resolution.
25 Years On, Tasmanian Man Locates Mother Using His Memory And Google Earth
Originally from India, Saroo was adopted by a Tasmanian couple when he was just five. He was separated from his older brother after falling asleep during a train ride and with no way of contacting his family, ended up a beggar on the streets of Calcutta. Fortunately, he was found by an orphanage and given the opportunity to live a better life in Australia, though this did little to extinguish his desire to be reunited with his biological family.
Lost Aussie Boy Uses Google Earth To Find His Way Home After 25 Years
In 1987, five-year-old Sanroo Brierly and his brother boarded a train that was supposed to take them home after a long day of begging on the streets of India. But the boys fell asleep, the train rolled on, and hours later they were deposited clear across the country.
Google Earth Gets A Seamless Upgrade
One drawback from Google Earth has always been that if you pull the view back far enough, the terrain begins to look like a scene from Minecraft. Well, no longer! With the version 6.2 update, Google Earth looks even more like the real thing.
How To Make Wander-ing Instagram Pen Pals
Sure, you could remotely wander about a foreign city with Google Earth but you don’t get any sort of feel for the local culture that way, just a superficial view of its storefronts. The Wander app instead connects you with an actual local for a guided Instagram tour.
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