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Google Maps Discovers Cornwall

As a geographer and internet consultant - I am a huge fan of Google Maps. I’ve actually been a paying member of Google Earth when it was called Keyhole.

I use Google Maps all of the time. When I am on the phone with someone - I zoom into their location, when I go for a run - I track my distances with the pedometer tool, and when I am going somewhere I always get a visual first.

For the longest time - Cornwall was always just a blurry little section near the border. There were sections of town that you could go right to street level - but only about 1/5 of the city was visible, mainly near the border and bridge. That is, until now.

As of last week sometime you can now search all of Cornwall on Google maps at a level of detail where you can see cars and people. I even noticed that I was not home (my car is gone) when the satellite flew over top.

Check out a sample here:

I’m sure not everyone will be as excited as me about this latest news from Google - but its always nice to know that our city is no longer just a blurry spot on a map.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 3:48 pm and is filed under Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Google Maps Discovers Cornwall”

1. Jason Herrington Says:
   October 28th, 2007 at 10:47 pm

   A little scary no doubt!

2. Riley Says:
   October 30th, 2007 at 4:37 pm

   Eric your such a “Geo” Nerd

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