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

You want oil platforms?

Take a look at the US Gulf Coast: 29 06 01 N 90 37 40 W

And the surrounding area.

29° 6'16.96"N 90°34'6.92"W

Is this a tanker?

It's only about a hundred feet long and the superstructure is at the bow, unlike what I usually think of as an oil tanker.

I don't know what it is.h

Here's a tanker if you're looking for one...

Squeezing through a lock gate on the Panama canal

8°59'50.85"N 79°35'34.82"W

Has anyone looked at Google Maps recently? Street View now covers most of the UK road network (and many other countries too), and there are some beautiful views:
http://tinyurl.com/uist-causeway
http://tinyurl.com/fjord-view

I've been having a lot of fun with Streetview, too, Aurora. Your second one reminds me very much of something in my neighbourhood: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=banff+alberta&sll=60.437914,6.473007&sspn=0.062249,0.174923&g=Isle+Of+Lewis,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Banff,+Division+No.+15,+Alberta,+Canada&ll=51.243328,-115.495749&spn=0.039278,0.087461&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=51.246125,-115.49786&panoid=qfm31O706aBicH9MX98HEA&cbp=12,71.9,,0,6.68

I've also been exploring the backwoods area of Basilicata in which I spent time a quarter century ago: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bagni+san+cataldo+italy&sll=60.437914,6.473007&sspn=0.062249,0.174923&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bagni+San+Cataldo,+Filiano,+Basilicata,+Italy&ll=40.742608,15.662727&spn=0.023768,0.043731&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=40.742437,15.662788&panoid=yyXCzomsunvFrYhEMj4k4A&cbp=12,143.12,,0,7.56

I just wish they'd get more of Mexico done.

I never thought of beautiful views ... I just looked for my house, and then for the house I grew up in!

Mol

Wow...

http://snurl.com/aaaaargh

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Here's another on I kind of like: http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=banff+alberta&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Banff,+Division+No.+15,+Alberta&ll=51.183862,-115.602908&spn=0.019772,0.043731&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.183494,-115.600891&panoid=PAWzY4c0s-QmJfFDg_p3HA&cbp=12,112.49,,0,0.94





but one could go on forever.

Thought I'd give this thread a gentle kick with this weird one 55°50'09.24" N 4°10'21.38" W . It looks like a normal roundabout, but try moving forward and backward step by step around the roundabout. Every so often the more recent imagery showing the construction of a flyover kicks in. Sometimes it just flickers in for a moment. Other times it only shows the more recent imagery Like a ghost in the machine!