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Re: funny things to see in Google Maps/Earth

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androl wrote:you shouldn't rely on Google Maps if you're driving at the Chinese border. The whole of the street maps of the PRoC is 500m off to the east, so at the state border there are some overlappings

https://maps.google.de/maps?ll=21.53764 ... 69599&z=16" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://maps.google.de/maps?ll=40.10994 ... 78924&z=15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://maps.google.de/maps?ll=22.21076 ... 98017&z=14" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(compare maps view with satellite view)
Well... You know what happend to Sandy Island, right? :mrgreen:

edit: more info here :arrow: http://abcnews.go.com/International/san ... MwlNm9FWkU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(ABC News date: Nov. 23, 2012. Scientist "undiscover" an island...)
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Re: funny things to see in Google Maps/Earth

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this group of people is really weird
https://www.google.de/maps/@2.942173,10 ... A!2e0!3e11" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

the weirdest thing is that three-legged man at the right 8O
Alltogether, they have two heads and seven feet.
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Re: funny things to see in Google Maps/Earth

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some bizarre art, molten steel, or cubism?

https://www.google.de/maps/@48.2510722, ... a=!3m1!1e3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (3-D)


And who did this linguistical joke? The Google team?

https://www.google.de/maps/@9.073718,79 ... a=!3m1!1e3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"6th Island", "5th Island", "4th Island", "Bird Island" :lol:, "2nd Island", "1st Island"
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