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Naughty Words in Google Maps – Brunswick, Maine

9/25/2008 By dni 1 Comment

Naughty words in Google Maps here.

Which is funny, especially since is is my understanding that the satellite images are 6+ years old…

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Naughty Words in Google Maps, Brunswick, Maine
Naughty Words in Google Maps, Brunswick, Maine

Follow-up:

 

…so I did  a little more digging, and it turns out that the Google Maps are indeed old.

The Town of Brunswick has a GIS site (for tax maps, I believe).

It shows the property (23 Hillside Rd.) to have the graffiti on the roof in their Aerial Photo from April 2001.

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23 Hillside Rd.  graffiti on the roof - Aerial Photo, April 2001
Graffiti on the roof - April 2001

The graffiti on the roof is gone in the Aerial Photo of April 21, 2006 (or has been digitally removed).

23 Hillside Rd.  graffiti on the roof - Aerial Photo, April 21, 2006
Graffiti removed - April 21, 2006

Filed Under: humor, odd Tagged With: Brunswick, Brunswick Maine, Google Maps, Maine, Naughty Words

Google Earth Blog: Bowdoin College Campus – A Google Earth Map

4/22/2006 By dni 1 Comment

Google Earth Blog: Bowdoin College Campus – A Google Earth Map Review

The actual map can be found here:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/campus/maps/earth/

https://i1.wp.com/www.bowdoin.edu/about/campus/maps/earth/images/google-earth-window.jpg

Filed Under: art / design Tagged With: Google Maps

How to do the Math with Google Earth Pallete Icons

2/28/2006 By dni Leave a Comment

How to do the Math with Google Earth Pallete Icons. How to select icons for your Google Earth map.

Filed Under: general, tech Tagged With: Google Maps

HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map

7/18/2005 By dni

HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map: from Engadget

Google Maps Standalone Mode

Google Maps Hacking and Bookmarklets

Overview of Google Maps API

the Google Mapki FAQs from a forum for sharing ideas, implementations, and help for the Google Maps API

Using Googlemaps EZ

XML.com: Hacking Google Maps

Filed Under: tech Tagged With: Google Maps

Another Google Maps Roundup

6/20/2005 By dni

The Map Room: Another Google Maps Roundup

Filed Under: links, tech Tagged With: Google Maps

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