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"Around the year 1000 for example, it was much warmer than today. There's a reason why "Greenland" is called that: it had thawed and the Vikings could colonize and farm it.

Then it cooled off some time later"

The parent post is badly misinformed. Please get your facts correct. The ice on Greenland did not thaw around the year 1000. The ice has been there for over 400000 years . Drill an ice core and, like tree rings, you can count the annual "rings" in the core, giving the age of the ice at the base of the core as 100k-400k years depending on the location. The rings are alternating transparent and translucent layers of ice. Every winter heavy snowfall creates a thick new layer of snow. The snow gradually compacts under its own weight, making a layer of opaque proto-ice. In summer, the top part of the winter snowfall partially melts and refreezes lower down, making a transparent top layer on top.

What's odd is that most of Sydney, Australia has high zoom images but the Opera House and Harbor Bridge, http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=-33.855915,151.21 3803&spn=0.032401,0.041242&t=k&hl=en, do not.

My old house: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=32.600470,-96.839 354&spn=0.007778,0.010439&t=k&hl=en

The Eifel Tower.

Also, the entire Trans-Alaska Pipeline (next to the Dalton Highway) can be seen fairly well, until we solve those traffic problems. Here's where it crosses the Yukon River:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=65.882607,-149.7283 74&spn=0.129433,0.232086&t=k&hl=en

Heres the millennium dome

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=36.005974,-5.4770 28&spn=0.006555,0.008647&t=k&hl=en

I wonder how long it will be before they complete the imaging for historical cities like Venice:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=45.435451,12.3162 53&spn=0.007811,0.008605&t=k&hl=en

And then a labeled street map would not be a bad idea, for those of us that would actually like to visit these cities.

Surprisingly, here's Area 51, with unbelivable detail.... http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=37.139626,-116.06 7123&spn=0.088749,0.126686&t=k&hl=en

I was not surprised at all to find the rooftops of the White House and nearby buildings masked.

That's nothing. Have a gander at the Capitol Building complex. (Includes nearby House and Senate office buildings.)

I was not surprised at all to find the rooftops of the White House and nearby buildings masked.

That's nothing. Have a gander at the Capitol Building complex. (Includes nearby House and Senate office buildings.)

This is Groom Lake (Area 51):

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=las+vegas,+nevada& ll=37.650490,-115.809975&spn=0.260239,0.219727&t=k &hl=en

Maybe I can find a new Favorite Google Maps Scene. My current favorite is the Nevada Nuclear Testing Grounds. In the upper left of that image is the Sedan Crater.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=russia&ll=63.23362 7,101.250000&spn=41.642992,128.320313&hl=en

At least it isn't shaded red.

S
"Il Tempo Non Esiste...Gli Orologi si"

I guess we could build a fun Coruscant by adding those:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mexico+city,+mexico& ll=19.445114,-99.115219&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k& hl=en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=los+angeles,ca&ll= 33.963203,-118.224564&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl =en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tokyo,japan&ll=35. 855255,139.643097&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=london&ll=51.49978 6,-0.017509&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en

I guess we could build a fun Coruscant by adding those:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mexico+city,+mexico& ll=19.445114,-99.115219&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k& hl=en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=los+angeles,ca&ll= 33.963203,-118.224564&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl =en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tokyo,japan&ll=35. 855255,139.643097&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=london&ll=51.49978 6,-0.017509&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en

I guess we could build a fun Coruscant by adding those:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mexico+city,+mexico& ll=19.445114,-99.115219&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k& hl=en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=los+angeles,ca&ll= 33.963203,-118.224564&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl =en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=tokyo,japan&ll=35. 855255,139.643097&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=london&ll=51.49978 6,-0.017509&spn=0.209770,0.276718&t=k&hl=en

I think the imagery is pre america blowing it up. Airport looks pristine. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=baghdad&ll=33.2565 59,44.233618&spn=0.029740,0.042315&t=k&hl=enhttp:/ /maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=baghdad&ll=33.256559,44. 233618&spn=0.029740,0.042315&t=k&hl=en Google Map of Baghdad Airport

I was astonished at how average and urban it looks from space. On major news outlet all you see is the same 5 or 6 cameras glued to a building somewhere or desert footage. This is cool.

Is it just me or does the ?palace? area look painfully spliced in from an earlier or censored image? (immediately northeast of airport)

The Mullberry was key to the invasion of Normandy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbor

Peace,
-McD

I was excited to read this article and had some fun touring europe form my desk chair. But all that changed when I Zoomed out.

Just what the hell is going on at Google anyway?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.501224,-0.1411 49&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en

Although the exact date of each image is interesting, has anyone been monitoring the rate and nature of new acquisitions? Curious about how much money they are paying for all this and who is being cooperative/uncooperative.

It is interesting that there exist hi resolution shots of Paris and Rome but none of Sydney.

If the individual images can be dated, the maps would provide excellent estimates of the rate and intensity of human land use on the planet and on environmental degredation.

I found a few interesting things:
Picture taken from the underside of a Dinosaur?
Possibly a Base of some sort outside Fallujah (with blown up/collapsed buildings) Odd markings in the sands can be seen South of here as well.
Abnormalities in images of Antarctica

Anybody find the hole Saddam was hiding in? :)

Kremlin in Moscow

Looked up lake Baikal (a very large lake in Siberia, 445m above sea-level) after remembering I had a poster on my wall for years showing the surface temperature of the lake from ATSR satellite imagery.. wondered what it looked like in more realistic colour.. but what is this huge line that crosses it?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=53.789063,109.610 596&spn=2.120361,2.730103&t=k&hl=en

This rich and colourful image of Hawaii shows the volanoes on the island! Fantastic!

Note the lack of the bunkers and launch pads for the Meteor Sweepers; they would be on the southeast end of the airport.

Note the lack of the bunkers and launch pads for the Meteor Sweepers; they would be on the southeast end of the airport.

Here is the palace of the Queeen of the Netherlands.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=52.094421,4.34271 1&spn=0.008755,0.008186&t=k&hl=en

Just incredible - The Arizona aircraft graveyard.

Here is the astronomical observatory (http://www.iac.es/gabinete/orm/indice.html) on La Palma:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=28.760244,-17.878 962&spn=0.007542,0.007274&t=k&hl=en
(I've observed at several of those small white buildings)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=cerne+abbas&ll=50. 823269,-2.476473&spn=0.045233,0.057678&t=k&hl=en

Correct link

More info on Anthrax Island here.

How come Google hasn't announced that their satellite imagery is from some secret spy-sat that has X-RAY VISION! One would think that would be something for the marketing department. Just take a look at the imagery of Oslo Town Hall: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Norway&ll=59.91117 2,10.733042&spn=0.004506,0.007725&t=k&hl=en What is normally a big square boxy building built by bricks and therefore reddish-brown in color is here seen as a projection of the first underground floor (that green thing). Their spy-tech needs some work tho, as you can see the shadows of the sqare walls quite well. People could hide bombs in shadows, you know.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=&ll=36.351633,-112 .642136&spn=0.381088,0.548630&t=k&hl=en

If you are in the UK, you can do things like search for "Pubs near Mill Road, Cambridge" and you'll get Pubs near Mill Road, Cambridge! Neat (The goods ones are The Live and Let Live, The Cambridge Blue, The Kingston Arms, and the Salisbury Arms). Hmm, how about where I work. Ah! (well, I knew this already, but ...)

If you are in the UK, you can do things like search for "Pubs near Mill Road, Cambridge" and you'll get Pubs near Mill Road, Cambridge! Neat (The goods ones are The Live and Let Live, The Cambridge Blue, The Kingston Arms, and the Salisbury Arms). Hmm, how about where I work. Ah! (well, I knew this already, but ...)

I can't. It's in this fuzzy blur.

But my satellite image is upside-down:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.501224,-0.1411 49&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en

Looked extremely weird - the trees looked like negatives until my perspective shifted and I realised it was upside down. Try it!

London appears even better, a huge chunk of it (including the link to Buckingham Palace) was obviously taken after heavy snow, so it's all very white.

Just as an example, becuase I don't think anyone's linked it yet: Her Majesty's Palace and Fortress, the Tower of London

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=48.873013,2.29468 3&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en It's not a bad photo either!

• UK's last working hat factory was located in Stockport.
• Its perceived grittiness and loutish youth culture earned it 12th place in the internet-based 2004 guide "Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK"

• UK's last working hat factory was located in Stockport.
• Its perceived grittiness and loutish youth culture earned it 12th place in the internet-based 2004 guide "Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK"

It was left contamintated for decades, until the 1990s IIRC. Allegedly it's all safe now, although they can't garantee that there isn't still some anthrax in the soil, but they put some more sheep on it and they all survived.

strange... that link's pointing somewhere else... hope this link will be ok... http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=48.494425,17.6830 96&spn=0.021501,0.031672&t=k&hl=en

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.501224,-0.1411 49&spn=0.005139,0.007918&t=k&hl=en/ Powerplant near my home... funny to find it on google - try to take photos from land and you'll see what happens ;)

No. This is a close of of said guy.

It's difficult to imagine how we could end up with half - but only half - of Glasgow Airport, which is of massive economic importance in the area.

You know that Stephen King story with the people flying around in a plane trying to escape the collapse of their universe? These guys might be going the wrong way.

It's difficult to imagine how we could end up with half - but only half - of Glasgow Airport, which is of massive economic importance in the area.

You know that Stephen King story with the people flying around in a plane trying to escape the collapse of their universe? These guys might be going the wrong way.

It's difficult to imagine how we could end up with half - but only half - of Glasgow Airport, which is of massive economic importance in the area.

You know that Stephen King story with the people flying around in a plane trying to escape the collapse of their universe? These guys might be going the wrong way.

It's difficult to imagine how we could end up with half - but only half - of Glasgow Airport, which is of massive economic importance in the area.

You know that Stephen King story with the people flying around in a plane trying to escape the collapse of their universe? These guys might be going the wrong way.