Those who haven’t played with Google Earth’s satellite images are truly missing something. It’s an ideal way to match those contour lines on a map with real images (and to help ferret out backcountry lakes).
The Google Sightseeing blog (“Why Bother Seeing the World for Real?”) explores this valuable new service to humanity by … scouring the Holland for satellite photos of naked people.
So much for science in the service of mankind.
Despite the awesome resolution of Google’s satellite images, the people you see are mostly blobs, who may or may not possess noteworthy body parts.
Still, it’s an excellent illustration of Mankind’s Ongoing Search for Truth. I support you, Google Sightseeing.
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This blog post (not including the photos, unfortunately) has been nominated for inclusion in The Blog Watch article published Sundays in The Sacramento Bee’s Forum section. As part of a demonstration program, readers are invited to help rate the candidate blog posts. The highest-rated posts will get top consideration for the limited space available Sunday. To participate, visit ipsosacto.com/bw Voting ends Thursday afternoon.
John Hughes(Quote)
OK Undergrounders, here’s your chance to send a little love the Underground’s way. Go to http://www.ipsosacto.com/bw and lay down a few votes for… well I’m not sure why the google post was nominated as frankly, I’ve done a lot better, and just a couple posts back.
Still, providence smiles a soul but but once or twice, so I’m counting on you…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Google Sightseeing is certainly an interesting read!
Another site you may be interested in: http://www.satellitesights.com
It’s a Google Maps and Google Earth satellite sightseeing project that’s completely community driven and maintained. Posted images are viewable through a fresh interface driven by embedded Google Maps or through downloadable Google Earth KML files.
Brett Meyer(Quote)