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Spamming Google Maps

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the already-getting-lame dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google organized a flyover of Sydney, Australia last Friday for Australia Day. The images taken on the day will be posted to Google Maps in a few weeks. A number of dotcoms spent hours making huge signs that would be visible from the air. It will be interesting to see whether Google will repeat the event in other cities. If they do, get prepared early. What sign would you make?"

6 of 225 comments (clear)

  1. Nice loop dude! by F34nor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en& ll=45.864396,-122.75147&z=19

    Look for the little flying machine!

  2. Who wants to bet... by Ant+P. · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...that they'll just diff the images against the old ones and manually sort through big changes, leaving the spammers' areas of the map outdated and blurry? Serves them right if they do.

  3. Re:Nah, you can see penis drawing from space by lathama · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    or one that works both ways

    http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=41.363 822,-86.210302&spn=0.002911,0.005665&t=k&om=1

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    The GPL, for those that truely understand.
  4. Re:None by SQLGuru · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Of course, my HOA won't let me do anything to my house that makes it deviate from a socially accepted norm.....which basically means that I can't be first, but I can be next.

    Layne

  5. Re:Does it matter... by SkyDude · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's a pregnant lady on the beach, with a "For Rent" sign on her belly.

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    == First cross river, then insult alligator.
  6. Re:None by Andrzej+Sawicki · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So, since Google is doing it, is spam good now? I'm confused.