Comments for Google Sightseeing http://googlesightseeing.com Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Petra, an ancient city hewn from the living rock by Radwan Farajat http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/05/22/petra-ancient-cityhewn-from-the-living-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-207078 Radwan Farajat Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:48:22 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1948#comment-207078 Also, Mission to Mars and Mummy 2 Also, Mission to Mars and Mummy 2

]]> Comment on World’s Largest Bug by NYPESTPRO http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/22/worlds-largest-bug/comment-page-1/#comment-207077 NYPESTPRO Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:42:54 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=807#comment-207077 That's a great pic. I want to put one on the roof of my office. That’s a great pic. I want to put one on the roof of my office.

]]> Comment on The World’s Largest Gators by 79339ff15 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/02/06/the-worlds-largest-gators/comment-page-1/#comment-207076 79339ff15 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:27:46 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/02/06/the-worlds-largest-gators/#comment-207076 8a7625eaade53bc516b10c7bd59142745d2717b7a7c18a726496fd0e0db25f406075b48101d1d9605868ec5ca010d4aa5d2717b7a7c18a726496fd0e0db25f408a7625eaade53bc516b10c7bd5914274 8a7625eaade53bc516b10c7bd59142745d2717b7a7c18a726496fd0e0db25f406075b48101d1d9605868ec5ca010d4aa5d2717b7a7c18a726496fd0e0db25f408a7625eaade53bc516b10c7bd5914274

]]> Comment on Castle Frankenstein by ceej http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/08/23/castle-frankenstein/comment-page-1/#comment-207075 ceej Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:45:38 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=519#comment-207075 The compound is now called "Major-Karl-Plagge-Kaserne" http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/saviors/german2/major-karl-plagge.4524.htm , formerly "Frankenstein-Kaserne". As a matter of fact I used to serve there in 1992, with 1./SchwBrBtl850, an engineer batallion. German readers can read more about the structures in http://www.cold-war.de/sonstige-bunker/529-bunker-bei-darmstadt-eberstadt.html In short: they are the remains of a worldwar II era ammunitions factory The compound is now called “Major-Karl-Plagge-Kaserne” http://www.raoulwallenberg.net/?en/saviors/german2/major-karl-plagge.4524.htm
, formerly “Frankenstein-Kaserne”. As a matter of fact I used to serve there in 1992, with 1./SchwBrBtl850, an engineer batallion. German readers can read more about the structures in http://www.cold-war.de/sonstige-bunker/529-bunker-bei-darmstadt-eberstadt.html
In short: they are the remains of a worldwar II era ammunitions factory

]]> Comment on Gagudju Crocodile by 574ce http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/04/gagudju-crocodile/comment-page-1/#comment-207074 574ce Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:19:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/04/gagudju-crocodile/#comment-207074 55a24d5a865ba91a845d2b3dc7d62ac9776e6e912447ea7155a7dd32c1307244742fda6ea8fd812fff63d3db29415c7f776e6e912447ea7155a7dd32c130724455a24d5a865ba91a845d2b3dc7d62ac9 55a24d5a865ba91a845d2b3dc7d62ac9776e6e912447ea7155a7dd32c1307244742fda6ea8fd812fff63d3db29415c7f776e6e912447ea7155a7dd32c130724455a24d5a865ba91a845d2b3dc7d62ac9

]]> Comment on The Nonexistent Town of Argleton by bio http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/11/03/the-nonexistent-town-of-argleton/comment-page-1/#comment-207073 bio Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:24:26 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=9698#comment-207073 And what about "Not Large"? :D bio And what about “Not Large”? :D

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]]> Comment on The Nonexistent Town of Argleton by bio http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/11/03/the-nonexistent-town-of-argleton/comment-page-1/#comment-207072 bio Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:23:13 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=9698#comment-207072 ... while Argleton appears in Wiki also, but as "a non-existent location in Lancashire , UK, notorious for appearing on Google Maps but not in real life." Wiki 1 GMaps 0 :D Sorry for the flood. bio … while Argleton appears in Wiki also, but as “a non-existent location in Lancashire , UK, notorious for appearing on Google Maps but not in real life.”

Wiki 1 GMaps 0 :D

Sorry for the flood.

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]]> Comment on The Nonexistent Town of Argleton by bio http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/11/03/the-nonexistent-town-of-argleton/comment-page-1/#comment-207071 bio Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:20:29 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=9698#comment-207071 It's getting nteresting: I wikied up Environa and it's mentioned as a suburb of Queanbeyan City. It is listed in the "It includes the suburbs and villages of:" list, so it's definitely not a planned something, but mentioned as an existing suburb/village. But the fact that Wiki mentions it makes it clear that it's NOT a Gmaps error of some kind - unless Wiki took the info from Gmaps, of course :) bio It’s getting nteresting: I wikied up Environa and it’s mentioned as a suburb of Queanbeyan City. It is listed in the “It includes the suburbs and villages of:” list, so it’s definitely not a planned something, but mentioned as an existing suburb/village.
But the fact that Wiki mentions it makes it clear that it’s NOT a Gmaps error of some kind – unless Wiki took the info from Gmaps, of course :)

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]]> Comment on The Nonexistent Town of Argleton by bio http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/11/03/the-nonexistent-town-of-argleton/comment-page-1/#comment-207070 bio Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:13:19 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=9698#comment-207070 Simon, the map actually says "Environa", not Evriona. Isnt it possible that it's similar to the case of Ravenscar, also mentioned here? That there were plans to build something there but it's somehow never been realized, but the map somehow reflects the plans? Because it sure doesn't look like something put there by mistake... bio Simon,
the map actually says “Environa”, not Evriona.

Isnt it possible that it’s similar to the case of Ravenscar, also mentioned here? That there were plans to build something there but it’s somehow never been realized, but the map somehow reflects the plans?
Because it sure doesn’t look like something put there by mistake…

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]]> Comment on The Equator by RobK http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/11/05/the-equator/comment-page-1/#comment-207069 RobK Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:51:52 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=9764#comment-207069 That I couldn't say! This page seems to list the offsets from WGS84 of loads of different datums (data?) http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/datum/dlist.html SAD69 is the South American Datum of 1969. That I couldn’t say! This page seems to list the offsets from WGS84 of loads of different datums (data?)

http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/datum/dlist.html

SAD69 is the South American Datum of 1969.

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