tIDbits » Google Maps http://d-n-i.com/tidbits a few tidbits Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:24:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Naughty Words in Google Maps – Brunswick, Maine http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2008/09/25/naughty-words-in-google-maps-brunswick-maine/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2008/09/25/naughty-words-in-google-maps-brunswick-maine/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:03:07 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=126 Continue reading →]]> 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

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

http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/campus/maps/earth/images/google-earth-window.jpg

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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

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