h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

If you need a map with lables

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=39.95445472707131~128.16210937556252&lvl=7&sty=r

Does that make them that first posted scores of the year?

We'll be needing a new scoreboard, then.




Geggs

It is in hand, geggs!


Shocked me though, as I was wandering around looking for 'Geographical Locations', and saw the map TOTALLY blank, with not even Pnom-Penn shown....

Went to satellite and saw towns/villages, but no names!!!

Thought that someone would trip my Greenland trap, but did not get the chance!!

(You have to zoom in to get any place names there!)


Ah well! Que sera, sera!!!)



GT

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A79171798

Hello Geggs have a look at the above link.

If you have an interest have a look at North Korea, and specifically Pyongyang, on Google Earth (tm).

Zoom in on the roads!!!!! one vehicle for every three or four miles???

No complaints about the rush hour any more. The solution is there to be implemented.

or more likely

But the foot traffic is murder

More interestingly, how has N.Korea banned Google from naming/showing locations of their towns and cities????



GT

International pressure on the rest of the world?

But a Google employee posted this reason anon

"We never launched coverage in some countries because we simply weren't satisfied with the map data we had available. We're constantly searching for the best map data we can find, and sometimes will delay launching coverage in a country if we think we can get more comprehensive data".

So from the horses mouth probably

For info the link to the thread.

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/maps/thread?tid=428921feb25a5c58&hl=en

Still Folks, I thought it an interesting QI Question!!!


GT