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Middle Earth: Why We Need To Turn Our Map On Its Side
Although he never actually crossed it, the Greek mathematician Pythagoras is sometimes credited with having first conceived of the Equator, calculating its location on the Earth’s sphere more than four centuries before the birth of Christ. Aristotle, who never stepped over it either and knew nothing about the landscape surrounding it, pictured the equatorial region as a land so hot that no one could survive there: the ‘Torrid Zone’.
You Can Use Google Maps To Find Faces Hidden In The Earth
It’s nearly impossible to gaze up during the day without spotting sort of cloudy, billowing face staring back at us. But rarely do we get the opportunity to see the faces we so casually trample right beneath our feet. Now, a new program by Onformative is giving us a bird’s eye’s view of every facial landform on Earth.
Apple Maps Is Getting Better
So we spent a lot of our time late last year hating on Apple Maps. The global shaming of the product forced an apology out of Apple and work began on making it better. After being the butt of many navigational jokes over the last few months, Apple Maps is finally getting better. Check these out.
New Google Maps Hands-On: Maps Have Never Been This Cool
Amongst the the deluge of new stuff Google announced today, there was a rather large update to Maps. We just spend some time putting our hands all over it. The verdict? You’re in for a treat.
Watch The World Edit Wikipedia In Real Time
In the past few seconds, someone from Canada edited the Wikipedia page for The Hangover Part III while another person in Fresno, California tweaked the page for Armenian cuisine. It keeps on going. The world is constantly editing Wikipedia, whether it be for a ‘List of Playstation 2 games’ or ‘Status of same-sex marriage’ or ‘Airbnb’, we’re all crowdsourcing are smartness. And you can watch where the world is getting smarter in real time.
Guess Where You Are In The World With Google Street View
Think you know your geography? Think you know what a country looks like? What if you were dropped in the middle of no where and had to figure out where you were? That’s what GeoGuessr is. It’s an insanely fun game that gives you an image from Google Street View and asks you to point out where you are on Earth. It’s pretty hard.
The Most Crowded Part Of The Whole World Fits In This One Small Circle
East Asia is a crowded place. The crazy-cramped architecture of locales like Hong Kong gives you an idea. But this image posted to Reddit by valeriepieris puts that population consolidation in a whole new light. And for the most part, it seems pretty accurate.
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