Post neat Google Maps finds. (Your own finds)

[runzwithsizorz]

Where would I find Toyoff Way in San Diego? Umm, yeah, I knew that.
Computer glitch won't let me post link, sigh.

 

[Locut0s]

NE from there seems blue roofs are very popular.

Yeah I noticed that lol. I think those are mostly commercial buildings.

 

[Locut0s]

Where would I find Toyoff Way in San Diego? Umm, yeah, I knew that.
Computer glitch won't let me post link, sigh.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=32.775657,-117.091255&spn=0.024302,0.029311&vpsrc=6&t=k&z=16

??

 

[Dr. Zaus]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=32.775657,-117.091255&spn=0.024302,0.029311&vpsrc=6&t=k&z=16

??

It's a gated community with million dollar homes.

That said there's some very reasonable stuff there: for being in San Diego.

 

[Locut0s]

It's a gated community with million dollar homes.

That said there's some very reasonable stuff there: for being in San Diego.

I think you mean multi million dollar homes. Course around here a million dollar home looks like this:

http://www.crackshackormansion.com/

Though the funny thing is add another million to the cost and you are now back in the range of houses most people would agree are for the wealthy. So it's the low end of the housing market here that's compressed into this high end.

 

[Locut0s]

Proof there are people everywhere:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=76.951224,68.544002&spn=0.006318,0.029311&t=k&z=16&vpsrc=6

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-56.5...&spn=0.012673,0.014656&num=1&t=k&vpsrc=6&z=17

Zoom out to see where you are globally.

 

[coloumb]

Dalian China

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.88...sspn=0.014348,0.027874&vpsrc=6&gl=us&t=h&z=16

 

[Locut0s]

3rd smallest country in the world

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-0.528066,166.934037&spn=0.055959,0.058622&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=15

 

[Locut0s]

Dalian China

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.88...sspn=0.014348,0.027874&vpsrc=6&gl=us&t=h&z=16

Wow, coincidence, I lived there as for a year as a kid.

Course back in the 80s it didn't look anywhere near like this, just like the rest of china.

 

[Locut0s]

WTF an aircraft carrier island!?

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=16.709041,-169.513807&spn=0.107197,0.117245&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=14

EDIT: ahh some interesting history here. Mainly a military base since 30s it's been used for nuclear weapons testing and of course was a base of operations during WWII. Looks like it was then used for chemical weapons storage. There's also a dump on the island containing "Agent Orange containers returned from Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War, PCBs, PAHs, dioxins, and sarin nerve gas". Umm yeah... as beautiful as the surrounding waters look, every coral atoll looks like this though, DO NOT WANT after reading that description.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_Atoll

 

[Locut0s]

Another military, "aircraft carrier", island that saw action during WWII.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=19.292755,166.631527&spn=0.052819,0.058622&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=15

 

[Locut0s]

http://maps.google.ca/?ll=12.010642,-61.783161&spn=0.007047,0.00714&t=k&z=18&vpsrc=6

Looks like they took a pic of a naked black hole

 

[El Guaraguao]

I was showing someone a street I designed in Kissimmee Florida and noticed a bird mid flight in the streetview.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kissi...=kpeutce62gTI5N0A2TsWpw&cbp=12,313.01,,0,1.86

Wait, what do you mean a street you designed?

 

[Locut0s]

Wait, what do you mean a street you designed?

Maybe he's an urban planner?

 

[Locut0s]

Buenos Aires is not small. Not that I thought it was, but this gives you an idea. Zoom out slowly.

http://maps.google.ca/?ll=-34.590947,-58.386186&spn=0.011862,0.01428&t=k&z=17&vpsrc=6

Not that is compares to Tokyo of course. Again zoom out slowly:

http://maps.google.ca/?ll=35.688315,139.742875&spn=0.005869,0.005096&t=k&vpsrc=6&z=18

 

[KK]

Sand Dunes in Saudi Arabia

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...sspn=0.028827,0.021136&vpsrc=6&gl=us&t=k&z=10

zooming in alittle. at first I thought the divots were hard rocks and the sand was around them, but after looking awhile it appears like its actually water. looks like they emptied some and are living there.

 

[BoomerD]

Not my find...but interesting. (zoom in/out)

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.005201,0.010107&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=17

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...rids-discovered-chinese-desert-171915802.html

 

[ElFenix]

Proof there are people everywhere:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=76.951224,68.544002&spn=0.006318,0.029311&t=k&z=16&vpsrc=6

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-56.5...&spn=0.012673,0.014656&num=1&t=k&vpsrc=6&z=17

Zoom out to see where you are globally.

HMS bounty mutineers the lot of them


edit: and the "easternmost" point in "europe"

 

[ElFenix]

Buenos Aires is not small. Not that I thought it was, but this gives you an idea. Zoom out slowly.

http://maps.google.ca/?ll=-34.590947,-58.386186&spn=0.011862,0.01428&t=k&z=17&vpsrc=6

Not that is compares to Tokyo of course. Again zoom out slowly:

http://maps.google.ca/?ll=35.688315,139.742875&spn=0.005869,0.005096&t=k&vpsrc=6&z=18

houston is bigger

 

[AstroManLuca]

Some very weird structures in the middle of nowhere in western China:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.022041,0.045447&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=15

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...1&spn=0.04407,0.090895&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=14

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.022043,0.045447&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=15

I've seen these discussed elsewhere and I think most people are guessing they are target ranges for bombs and missiles. The structures in the middle link look like fake airstrips and if you zoom in on certain areas, there appear to be ruined buildings. The others, I dunno. Some kind of calibration pattern for guided missiles? A simulation of city streets?

 

[Drako]

Some very weird structures in the middle of nowhere in western China:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.022041,0.045447&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=15

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...1&spn=0.04407,0.090895&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=14

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.022043,0.045447&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=15

I've seen these discussed elsewhere and I think most people are guessing they are target ranges for bombs and missiles. The structures in the middle link look like fake airstrips and if you zoom in on certain areas, there appear to be ruined buildings. The others, I dunno. Some kind of calibration pattern for guided missiles? A simulation of city streets?

Post #92, three up from yours

http://gizmodo.com/5859081/why-is-c...gantic-structures-in-the-middle-of-the-desert

 

[santuitman]

28.452317, -81.702662

 

[Drako]

28.452317, -81.702662

It is near Disney World, so ...

 

[Locut0s]

Not my find...but interesting. (zoom in/out)

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.45...&spn=0.005201,0.010107&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&z=17

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...rids-discovered-chinese-desert-171915802.html

Neat. Thanks.

 

[Locut0s]

28.452317, -81.702662

Here it is in link form.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=28.45...83446&sspn=0.043984,0.039053&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=16

I'm guessing it's for an advertisement. They'll probably film some neat flyby of this and use it in a Disney ad.