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U2 Concert (U2 Performing Elevation) Rose Bowl 2009

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U2 YouTube Live Streaming: Millions Of Fans Watching Globally

The live stream of the U2 360 concert that took place via YouTube yesterday has attracted the attention of million fans who watched the stream all over the world, and thousands of fans who simultaneously Tweeted...

created by Yuliya Talmazan | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago
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Loch Ness Monster Caught on Google Earth | Photo 02

Blaine Metzgar

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Loch Ness Monster Caught on Google Earth: Plesiosaur Proof?

The famed Loch Ness Monster has been found! Well, maybe; Jason Cooke was browsing satellite images of the earth using everyone's favourite omnipotent eye in the sky, Google Earth, when he spotted what could...

created by Blaine Metzgar | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago
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NASA, Google Earth Display Astronauts' Best Earth Photos

Ever dreamed of being an astronaut so you could look back at the planet and enjoy the view? NASA and Google Earth have teamed to make it easier for everyone to see striking Earth photographs taken by astronauts from the International Space Station and space shuttle.By...

created by Jeffery Gomes | 18 wks ago
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Soviet tree slogans visible on Google Earth

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Google Earth Used to Locate Lost City of Atlantis

For those of you out there who still don't believe Google is Big Brother take a look at the latest "discovery" made using Google Earth technology. First police are arresting drug traffickers with Google Earth...

created by Tina Kells | 43 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
956 views | 9 recommendations | 6 comments

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Treasure Hunter Uses Google Earth to Find Lost Booty

Nathan Smith, a treasure hunter, has used Google Earth technology to find the site of what he believes is a ship full of lost booty. Unfortunately, the sunken treasure that Smith believes he's found is still...

created by Tina Kells | 44 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
1289 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments

Amy Judd

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Heart-shaped island found on Google Earth

A heart-shaped island in the Adriatic has become a hit on Google Earth for Valentine's Day. The uninhabited island is only 130,000 square yards and is called Galesnjak. The onwer didn't even know how perfectly...

created by Amy Judd | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Google Earth Used by Swiss Police to Bust Marijuana Field Owners

Googe Earth was used by Swiss police to identify a 2-acre marijuana field in the northeastern canton of Thurgau and led to the arrest 16 people, Thursday. The Google Earth marijuana bust resulted in...

created by Tina Kells | 46 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Googling Also Damages The Planet-Photo-01

laden

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Prado Museum, Google Earth to offer high resolution snapshots

The Prado Museum in Spain has joined forces with Google Earth with the intention of offering the public the opportunity to zoom in on a number of the galleries finest pieces. In true Google Earth fashion, one...

created by TDH | 48 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago
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reshmi

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Google Earth a Boon to Terrorists?

"According to a Mumbai crime branch official, the ten terrorists had not come to Mumbai before this to conduct any 'recce' and they had learnt about the locations with the help of Google Earth. -...

created by reshmi | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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mgrenner57

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Google Earth will feature undersea landscapes

Google Earth will be adding a new feature - undersea landscapes. These will include the habitats of threatened species that everyone with the program will be able to look at and explore.The new project will...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
6071 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments

LotusFlower

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Soviet tree slogans visible on Google Earth

Google Earth has picked up messages - Soviet slogans planted as trees in the 60's and 70's. The slogan's have only been visible to pilots and space travelers until now. What messages one wonders would our...

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created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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the constant skeptic

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Nine Inch Nails Tracks Downloads of 'The Slip' via Google Earth

This is the first time I've seen this done. Pretty cool. Fan geo-location."Over 1.4 million unique users have downloaded the free Nine Inch Nails album The Slip, according to the band, since they...

created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Google Earth and the Campaign to Wipe Israel Off the Map

Andre Oboler is a social media expert and Ph.D. in computer science from Lancaster University, UK and a Post-Doc in Political Science at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is currently a Legacy Heritage Fellow at NGO Monitor in Jerusalem and edits...

created by judyinjerusalem | 1 year ago
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Google begins to blur faces in Street View

In response to privacy concerns, Google has developed a face-blurring technology for its Street View service."The technology uses a computer algorithm to scour Google's image database for faces, then blurs...

created by cynthia yoo | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Russian military base found on the border with Estoni

Even that there has not been armed conflict after the second independence of Estonia, the troubles at Estonia - Russia border are not disappearing for a while. "If you look at the Google Earth map and follow the route A-212 to the west of the Russian town Pskov, you can...

created by Pasi | 1 year ago
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