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Google Earth captures drunk earthling passed out
A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet.
He had been drowning his sorrows over the death of a friend and collapsed after climbing out of a taxi.
As he slept off his excesses, a car-mounted video camera passed by to record pictures of the street for Google's StreetView website. A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet... more -
NIN loves its fans... and google earth!
Hardcore Nine Inch Nails fans got a special treat last week when Trent Reznor and company hid tickets to a private concert all over Los Angeles. More than twenty question marks appeared on a Google Earth map that NIN put out on their tour page. The question marks were labeled with phrases like "Men's room. Behind the mirror. Be discreet," and "Incredibly ugly hat. Last pair of tickets." Quick-thinking fans noted the GPS coordinates of question marks and set off on a treasure hunt, much like geocachers.
At each location there was a hidden white envelope marked with a question mark. Inside, were two tickets to a private invite-only show and directions on how to email and confirm the show's location. The envelopes were hidden in various ways: inside a drain pipe, inside a book on a shelf at Barnes and Noble, and on the base of the triceratops statue at the Natural History Museum, just to name a few. The headstone on the right is where a fan found the tickets labeled "A. Boner". [see link]
Nine Inch Nails has always treated its fans with love, releasing their album, "The Slip", online for free, and hosting other secret shows for members of their fan club. This ticket hunt is not the first stroke of marketing brilliance to come from NIN. Last year, they started an ARG for their album "Year Zero". Way to go to Trent and Nine Inch Nails for keeping the excitement alive for their most loyal fans.
By Annie Tsai// Epic Fu
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Hardcore Nine Inch Nails fans got a special treat last week when Trent Reznor and company hid tickets to a private concert all over Lo... more -
Follow animal migrations on Google Earth
Google Earth is turning out to be a great resource for scientists to visualize and communicate the phenomena they study. You can see the migration patterns of endangered and other threatened animals, based on data collected by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Google Earth is turning out to be a great resource for scientists to visualize and communicate the phenomena they study. You can see t... more
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Google Earth gatecrashers taking uninvited dips
Enterprising Brits are scanning Google Earth for homes with swimming pools and organizing parties in them!
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Google Earth used to organise 'Facebook dipping' parties
Would-be revellers are using satellite images on the internet to find houses with swimming pools - and then turning up uninvited for an impromptu dip. The craze involves using the Google Earth programme, which provides high-quality aerial photos of Britain and other countries.
Once a target is chosen, the organisers use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo to arrange to meet, say police. Officers said that residents have woken up to find youngsters 'dipping' in their back gardens, or have come home from work to a swimming pool full of beer cans. Would-be revellers are using satellite images on the internet to find houses with swimming pools - and then turning up uninvited for a... more -
Future London skyline in 2015 using Google Earth
These cool skyline picture illustrate the sheer scale of transformation occuring across London. The pano itself was taken from a block of flats in Forest Hill and used Google Earth to get some of the heights and locations accurate. More than 50% of what you see here either has planning permission or is undergoing demolition/construction work. Buildings in 2015 include the Broadgate Centre expansion, Bishopsgate Goodsyard, Heron Quays West, Vauxhall Bondway, etc. which are longer term developments. These cool skyline picture illustrate the sheer scale of transformation occuring across London. The pano itself was taken from a block... more
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Google Earth Disney: planning tool or trip replacement?
The folks at Google Earth have just created an incredible 3-D model of the entire Disney World resort area. You can walk down the virtual streets and click on any building to see what's inside.
Disney bills it as the world's best trip planning device. People can get the feel for the area's layout to schedule their time and they can make reservations at all the hotels and restaurants right through the interface.
That said, with the price of both air fare and gas rising so fast, I think parents with gullible children should consider "taking their kids to Disney World" by sitting them down in front of a monitor.
Even folks who have no interest in Disney world should have a look. Google and Microsoft are both moving quickly to map the entire world in this level of detail and more. As screens get larger and graphics keep improving, virtual visits may start to seem a lot like actual travel.
One warning: the application is so rich that it will hog your Internet connection, your CPU and your RAM. The folks at Google Earth have just created an incredible 3-D model of the entire Disney World resort area. You can walk down the virt... more -
Google Earth heads to a browser near you
Google today announced the release of a Google Earth API and browser plug-in. Google Earth joins the company's Maps API family, letting developers to turn Websites into 3D map apps.
Among the features being rolled out with the new release are the ability to embed Google Earth into Websites; create polygons, lines, and placemarks in the 3D environment; convert existing Maps API sites to 3D Earth; add or view 3D buildings; and utilize Google Sky's hi-res images, which are stars, planets, and galaxies.
"The Google Maps API, with over 150,000 developer sites, and the Google Earth client, with over 400 million downloads, are both tremendously successful tools to help users visualize this Geoweb of content," said Google in a release issued today. "Now that we have brought the Google Earth API to the developer community, we can only imagine what wonderfully creative new web applications will be developed." Google today announced the release of a Google Earth API and browser plug-in. Google Earth joins the company's Maps API family, l... more -
Google Earth captures secret North Korea underground runway built for war
North Korean military engineers are completing an underground runway beneath a mountain that can protect fighter aircraft from attack until they take off at high speed through the mouth of a tunnel. The project was identified by an air force defector from North Korea and captured on a satellite image by Google Earth.
The runway, reminiscent of the Thunderbirds television series, highlights the strange and secretive nature of the regime in North Korea. Scary....
Check out more at the associated link. North Korean military engineers are completing an underground runway beneath a mountain that can protect fighter aircraft from attack ... more -
Where's Waldo? Find him on the Web
Art student put him on a city rooftop and challenges world to find him.
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Google Earth maps refugee crises
Google is making a difference, again. Check out their new mapping feature which will allow users to track and update the movement in refugee camps. We need more groups to be involved in this kind of partnership with the UN.
Read more at the associated link. Google is making a difference, again. Check out their new mapping feature which will allow users to track and update the movement in ... more -
Top 10 Naked People on Google Earth.
Yes people, it’s time to get your magnifying glasses out, because here comes the Top 10 Naked People on Google Earth!
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Google for Good.
Google Earth have teamed up the Holocaust Memorial museum to map the destruction in Darfur and now the UN planning to train lots of humanitarian organisations to use the technology. Google Earth freaks some people out, but it's nice to see all that tech and the brain power behind it being used for good. Google Earth have teamed up the Holocaust Memorial museum to map the destruction in Darfur and now the UN planning to train lots of hu... more
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A World in Motion
Worlds in Motion seeks to represent the efforts of eight award winning social entrepreneurs from the UK. We examine the projects they are involved in, their inspiration &aims, hopes for the future.
A film about social entrepreneurs and the worlds they move in the work they do! This is the pilot to a bigger project go see and tell it as it is: http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/film/film-detail.jsp?i... Worlds in Motion seeks to represent the efforts of eight award winning social entrepreneurs from the UK. We examine the projects they ... more -
Google unearths rare meteorite crater
"Arthur Hickman's discovery on Google Earth of what is almost certainly a rare meteorite impact crater in remote Western Australia has earned him both bragging and naming rights.
Measuring 260 metres wide and up to 30 metres deep, the divot is thought to be between 10,000 and 100,000 years old and was stumbled upon in the rich, rust coloured landscape of the Hamersley Ranges in Western Australia's Pilbara region." "Arthur Hickman's discovery on Google Earth of what is almost certainly a rare meteorite impact crater in remote Western Aus... more -
I heart Google Earth
Various hearts found in Google Earth.
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View the world's most stunning photos with Earth Album
Earth Album's a clever Google Maps/Flickr mashup that lets you nose through some of the world's most eye-catching, beautiful photographs.
It's not as clever as Flickr's own location-based tagging system - it won't, for example, show you pictures taken in specific areas of a city and is limited to pictures from the entire city instead, but it is very clever and a lot of fun to browse. Earth Album's a clever Google Maps/Flickr mashup that lets you nose through some of the world's most eye-catching, beautiful... more -
Bible scenes via satellite
Whether you live by the Bible or think it's a really interesting story, these images will certainly blow your mind. A design group in Australia has created images that show 4 biblical events as seen from Google Earth. Whether you live by the Bible or think it's a really interesting story, these images will certainly blow your mind. A design grou... more
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Religion by Satellite
Australian artists The Glue Society have put together a series of altered satellite views showing what certain Biblical events would have looked like if seen via Google Earth.
Above, for instance, is the Crucifixion. Australian artists The Glue Society have put together a series of altered satellite views showing what certain Biblical events would h... more
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