Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World

draevil writes "Google has hugely expanded the areas of the world that it covers with satellite imagery. Egypt, Iraq, mainland Europe and the UK have all now got satellite coverage to a lesser or greater degree. Slashdotters can now go see sights like Buckingham Palace or the Arc de Triomphe from the comfort of their own swivelchairs. Iraq in particular seems to have a large number of high-zoom areas. I just looked up the Baghdad Parade Grounds where Saddam used to take the salute and other towns like Fallujah are also there. Finding landmarks without the map content is a little harder, so what can the Slashdot crowd find?"

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Re:First to find....

[Doc Ruby]

No - if they find the WMDs, they'll have to leave. Then they won't be able to build the huge embassy^Wmilitary base in Iraq, from which to invade anyone else on Halliburton's wish list. Unless you can find the Iraqi WMD in Iran, Saddam's mortal enemy. Zoom in: you can tell them by the "Made in USA" stencil on the poison gas crates.