Inspired by Joshua Gans, I used Google Maps Australia to pull up the place where I work. I’m in the honeycomb-shaped building on this map.
Sure, their positioning isn’t perfect. But I still feel like a little kid every time I look down from space on places I know.
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They are right on the money with our building “across the road”.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=fellows+rd,+acton,+act&sll=-35.281501,149.116831&sspn=0.006306,0.017788&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-35.280686,149.119449&spn=0.006306,0.017788&t=h&om=1
Whoops – if you change the position on the map you have to recreate the link.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=401+Clunies+Ross+St,+Acton,+ACT,+Australia&sll=-35.179801,149.114985&sspn=0.010926,0.020084&ie=UTF8&z=15&t=h&om=1
I love the honeycomb-shaped building!
And I love google earth! Fantastic.
One night I was flying over east Java on an international flight and there were no clouds – I could clearly see the lights of human settlement and it looked as if I was looking over a map! When I had access to a map I realised that I had indeed been looking over that part of Java. Fantastic.
And it looks just as parched from that view! I was in Canberra on Monday and even the Hyatt has dead grass! Melbourne and Sydney likewise – haven’t they heard of desalination? What sort of water policy do you have over there – praying for rain?
I work in the nice green bit here:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=fellows+rd,+acton,+act&sll=-35.281501,149.116831&sspn=0.006306,0.017788&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-35.280686,149.119449&spn=0.006306,0.017788&t=h&om=1
Oh, like Kevin said:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Harvest+Ter,+West+Perth+WA+6005,+Australia&ie=UTF8&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=66.819788,90.175781&z=16&ll=-31.950615,115.84656&spn=0.008029,0.018046&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr