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18 unusual facts about Google Maps


Burqin Shankou Dam

As of Oct 2013, the Google Maps satellite view (probably a year or more old) shows the construction site, with a small temporary dam a bit upstream of the point where the permanent dam is being built.

Centre for School Design

The Centre's work will be coordinated by a central website that takes and passes feeds through to a range of social media applications including Google Maps, Flickr, Twitter and other content management tools.

Dynamic web page

Google Maps is an example of a web application that uses Ajax techniques.

Environa, New South Wales

It has long been abandoned, however the original street designs (which echo the circles, hexagons and triangle layouts by Walter Burley Griffin for nearby Canberra) can still be seen on local maps and online sources such as Google Maps.

Geyve

Geyve is relatively close to many important cities in Turkey; 179 km to Istanbul, 30 km to Adapazari, 75 km to Izmit, 139 km to Bursa, 156 km to Eskisehir, 167 km to Bolu according to Google Maps.

Google Crisis Response

Google also builds and provides tools to help crisis responders and affected people communicate and stay informed, such as Google Person Finder, Google Crisis Map, Google Public Alerts, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Fusion Tables, Google Docs, and Google Sites.

Google Maps supplies critical crisis information to the public through search engines.

Google Web Designer

The advertising feature set is more complete with components to add Google Maps, YouTube videos and more, as well as automatically including the tracking code events for DoubleClick and AdMob.

IWeb

In addition to its ability to publish to MobileMe, iWeb integrates with other services, including Facebook, YouTube, Google AdSense and Google Maps.

Pansharpened image

Google Maps and nearly every map creating company use this technique to increase image quality.

Papakura North

Access points to the Papakura Military Camp on Russell Road and Walters Road are secured by electric fencing and the area is not listed in Google Maps.

QA Technologies

QA Technologies signed a multi-year license agreement with Tele Atlas, a global provider of digital maps that delivers GIS mapping content to over 200 countries and provides data for Google Maps.

Quebec Route 366

In 2011, Google Maps mislabeled Quebec Route 366 as running concurrent with the entire length of U.S. Route 30 from Astoria, Oregon to Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Reolian Public Transport Co.

The data of Macau's 58 regular bus lines (excluding special lines) has been integrated to Google Maps.

Sierra Streets

In many ways, it was the predecessor to such services as MapQuest, Yahoo Maps, and Google Maps.

Temps d'aventura

In 2008 the programme also incorporated a map browser using Google Maps which allows users to zoom in on the geographical area where the reports were made and makes it possible to view the complete report broadcast by the programme.

We Tell Stories

#:In this fast-paced thriller readers follow the protagonist, Rick, on his journeys by the medium of Google Maps.

Xianrenzhuang Subdistrict

Although located only a few kilometers southwest of downtown Kaifeng, the Xianrenzhuang area, according to Google Maps, is still mostly rural.


7 Burlington Gardens

Although the official address is 7 Burlington Gardens, it is also on Savile Row and Google Maps labels the now A&F location as 42 Savile Row, Westminster, W1S 3QG, United Kingdom.

Consumer Watchdog

In 2010, to bring attention to Google's privacy issues, Consumer Watchdog checked networks in California Representative Jane Harman's home to see if her unencrypted Wi-Fi network might have been tapped when the company captured images for the Google Streetview service of Google Maps.

Family tree mapping

Map My Ancestors(Note as of 3 Oct 2011 this application was withdrawn from sale and no longer available, due to closure of Yahoo Mapping services see the source site for details) - a Windows application that imports GEDCOM files or comma-separated values (CSV) files and converts them to keyhole markup language (KML) files for viewing with KML compatible programs such as Google Earth or Google Maps.

Viewing data is generally undertaken from within the program using the internal viewer but individual placemarks can be viewed using Google Earth, Google Maps, TerraServer-USA or MapQuest.

Map My Ancestors

Map My Ancestors is an application for converting GEDCOM files produced by genealogy software into Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files for viewing with KML-compatible programs such as Google Earth or Google Maps.

Museo del Prado

In 2009, the Prado Museum selected 14 of its most important paintings to be displayed in Google Earth and Google Maps at extremely high resolution, with the largest displayed at 14,000 megapixels.

Utah State Route 224

In May 2010, a woman sued Google for $100,000 plus punitive damages after Google Maps told her to walk down the Deer Valley Drive portion of SR-224 and she was struck by a car.