Google sightseeing, now 50% more!

June 28, 2005


The Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Are you kidding me?

Just when I thought my obsession with Google Maps had died down three things happen to me.

First, Google Maps has updated their satellite views to include other countries. This has allowed my favorite blog (Google Sightseeing) to branch away from the United States and Canada just as both countries were beginning to dry out.

Second, Google Maps has released a standalone satellite program called Google Earth. It looks pretty good, and I’m sure I’ll be downloading it to the chagrin of Kerrie and my friends. I’m addicted.

Third, Chris led me to two more sites: a Google Maps scavenger hunt at Scavengeroogle.com (which is awesome, and as their catchphrase says, it’s designed to be something “to waste more of your time on,”) and Google Globetrotting, which is almost like a Google Map landmark database.

I wonder how many more times I can type the word Google.

Wow. Please help me.

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2 Responses to “Google sightseeing, now 50% more!”

  1. Anonymous on June 29th, 2005 1105 pm

    I smoked a cigarette in the Arc de Triomphe, then put the butt on the seat in quiet protest to the steep prices they charge to get to the top. Nice view once you get up there, however.

  2. Corey Vilhauer on June 30th, 2005 149 am

    We never made it to the top, but Kerrie took a photo that I think may be the greatest photo ever taken. She disagrees, but I think she’s just being modest.

    Now that Don has a new scanner in his office downstairs, I’ll scan it for the site.

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