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Use Google Earth To Track Santa

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the keeping-tabs-on-the-big-man dept.

Kickboy12 writes "Google Earth can be used to track Santa Claus, beginning at 2pm GMT December 24th. From the article: 'While we didn't work a deal for Naughty or Nice data layers, we did negotiate the rights to track this user on his big trip. If you've already got Google Earth, you can too.' So, if you have Google Earth, track Santa!"

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  1. Aaargh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's Santa Claus ffs! There is no "e" on the end of it!

    1. Re:Aaargh by FooAtWFU · · Score: 2, Informative

      On the contrary, there is a very real Santa, it's just that he's widely acknowledged as being dead. His feast day is actually December 6, so it's not quite Christmas, but...

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  2. NORAD tracks santa too.. by User+956 · · Score: 5, Informative

    the Norad Santa site is http://www.noradsanta.org/

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  3. The Church put the Santa in Santa Claus by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    Santa himself is an atheist invention

    Santa is only called Santa because the Christian Church has recognized Nicholas of Myra, the first Santa Claus, as a saint. (The current Santa is allegedly Tim Allen.)

  4. Re:Norad Santa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's actually a joint effort...

  5. Re:Norad Santa by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check again. The 2nd in command is always a Canadian. And they've tracked Santa since 1955.

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  6. Re:wish I could.. by Jim+Buzbee · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google for "googleearth.app.sit"

  7. Re:I'm Spartacus too by miyako · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just to point out, for those who don't seem to know, using Xmas as opposed to Christmas was never an attempt to desecularize the holiday- and has (likely) been in use for a very long time. It originates with the greek letter Chi (Which looks like an english X) and is the first letter of the word christ in greek. Later Constantine added Rho to create the Labarum (chi-rho) symbol which looks like an X and P superimposed.
    In other words, X has always been a traditional symbol for Christ, and a such is NOT a means to desecularlize the holiday or "Remove Christ From Christmas".
    \not christian
    \\wishes christians would stfu about the xmas vs christmas debate
    \\\Won't point out that christmas was originally a pagan holiday, because everyone knows that by now.
    \\\\hope that clears things up.

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  8. Re:Yes, but does it run[.....] by meowsqueak · · Score: 2, Informative

    Google didn't write Google Earth, they acquired it. Give them time and there will be a Linux version (according to a statement they made some months back).