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June 27, 2005
Google discovers Australia
As we've just observed elsewhere, while we weren't looking, Google Maps appears to have wandered across the Pacific, and discovered Australia. We're pretty sure this has only just happened, but let us know if it's old news. The last time we looked, they fell off the earth somewhere off Hawaii.
Posted by cw at June 27, 2005 07:04 PM
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Happened somewhere around the 20th/21st of June, I believe, so you're not that far behind. :)
Posted by: Luke (aka DogBoy) at June 27, 2005 07:42 PM
Certainly wasn't there when I went looking last Monday, the 20th.
The meshing of satellite photos with maps is quite amazing. If/When they go live with the photos it will be more brave new world coming down the line.
As James Burke said so well in an episode of "The Day Universe Changed" that dealt with perspective - "In girding the world we have girded ourselves..." And then, to paraphrase, one can't get lost anymore, but then why would you want to? As he asked this the camera pulled back to reveal the spinning communications aerials on a brace of American warships anchored in the Mediterranean. Why indeed?
Posted by: tflip at June 28, 2005 02:20 AM