| Poster | Time | Map | Comment |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-07 14:14:12 | Legion Field | This is a pretty early submission... since then Google has changed the image representing this area.
It also looks like either Google changed the overlay correspondence that caused... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-07 14:09:42 | Brands Hatch |
On Google Earth, but not yet on Google Local. Click the KML or Google Earth links to view. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-07 11:50:20 | Volcano craters in Valle de Santiago |
Welcome to Google Globetrotting! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-07 08:25:56 | Embassy of Malaysia |
My 300th submission in Washington DC! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-06 13:05:49 | Sycamore Island Canoe Club |
The last C&O canal posting... until we get some high-res above lock 29. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-05 20:20:09 | Hexagon pools | Touché! A concave dodecagonal pool!
And if it goes underneath the white and gray hexagons, we could count it as 18... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-05 18:22:45 | Hexagon pools |
You know I love the octagons, but I had to call you on this one... but hexagons are cool too. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-05 16:21:05 | Round building |
Interesting 12-fold symmetry. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-12-02 13:01:11 | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Lock 15 |
Map 700! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-30 10:00:55 | Bethel Temple |
If you think France is bad, have a crack at some of the Info Requested maps for China... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-29 11:16:04 | Penmarch castle |
Congratulations on your 500th map submission! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-29 09:27:47 | Bethel Temple | Yeah, you should definitely get an assist for this ID. Nice work. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-28 18:52:31 | Harry Nice Memorial Bridge |
Also, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1129-2005Apr19_2.html:
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-27 23:12:16 | Palacio d’Abraxas, Terry Gilliam's Brazil movie location |
The trekearth page does have some great pictures on it, but it incorrectly describes this location as "the headquarters of the nightmarish bureaucracy", presumably the movie's Ministry of... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-19 18:56:41 | Lots of solar flares |
A thumbnail worthy of Pollock! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-19 13:23:15 | Double railroad turntables | Man, I was so gonna submit this... I got distracted by something else though... I think tyring to figure out where the Romanian Opera House was located.
The pictures are a great find... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-16 13:50:56 | McDonald's | Update from McD:
Hello Al:
Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's regarding our website, ... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-14 18:12:44 | McDonald's | My interaction thus far with McD corporate:
Comment: It has come to my attention that the location of your store located at 5645 East Kings Canyon Rd. Fresno CA is terribly mislocated... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-14 16:35:44 | McDonald's |
The real question is how many McD's are in hi-res... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-14 16:28:11 | McDonald's | What's really odd is that the McDonald's restaurant locator
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-14 15:03:32 | Kevin |
Sweet! Congrats. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-12 23:51:33 | Thomas Wolfe's "Old Kentucky Home" | I lived a year in eastern Tennessee, so I got to visit fairly regularly in 2000-2001. I'm also a big Thomas Wolfe fan, so I made my first pilgrimage down there when the post office issued a stamp to... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-12 20:34:14 | Thomas Wolfe's "Old Kentucky Home" |
It's strange that there's no indication that it has been updated...? Feel free to re-add it and deep-six my comment. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-12 18:33:04 | Thomas Wolfe's "Old Kentucky Home" |
The strange blue color of the roof is actually from a tarp that was placed over the house in order to protect it from the elements, since the house fell victim to arson in July 1998. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-11 13:26:08 | Wheelabrator Saugus Waste-to-energy Facility |
RESCO is now Wheelabrator; I only know this because I submitted the Baltimore plant about 2 weeks ago...
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| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-10 14:51:49 | Prehistoric Fishing Weir |
Very cool first post! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-08 23:56:35 | Pinehurst |
Welcome to Google Globetrotting. Great first post! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-08 23:29:18 | Orange Air National Guard Communications Station (BR-15C Nike Missile Site) |
The bigger question is: how did kjfitz miss this one? Just concentrating on the Launch sites? |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-08 23:23:16 | Orange Air National Guard Communications Station (BR-15C Nike Missile Site) |
O.K., this is weird, but...
Yes, this is the site of the Orange ANG Station, and also the Bridgeport Nike Site BR-15C.
According to ... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-08 15:37:00 | Upper Erskine Lake |
Any guesses as to what the rectangular item is in the upper left portion of the lake? |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-08 14:08:26 | World map |
Yes, it is adjacent to Clissold Elementary School. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-08 13:59:48 | Banska Stiavnica castle |
This is the new castle; picture at:
http://www.uakom.sk/bs/gallery/hrad1.jpg |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-08 09:53:06 | Lake Erskine |
AKpilotEMT:
I accidently deleted Upper Erskine Lake, map 11171; we should be able to resurrect it soon.
Sorry! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-07 18:16:47 | Monrovia museum | This building also serves as Monrovia's Public Library. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-07 08:06:57 | Shipweck after the Tropical Storm Jeanne 2004 |
Image was taken Sept 24, 2004, two days after Jeanne hit. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-04 07:28:16 | Tacoma Museum of Glass |
Actually, the World's Largest Ball of Twine isn't in high-res yet...
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| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-03 17:35:21 | Bergen–Stavanger Express Boat |
Note the 2.6 km wake. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-03 14:49:19 | Le Belvédère Verniquet |
Still more info, pictures:
http://www.paris5eme.com/jp3.htm |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-03 09:27:13 | Funny picture in a garden |
This might be the parc des Champs Foux
See this picture at:
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-03 08:56:37 | Funny picture in a garden |
Welcome back Kooothor. Haven't seen you in months! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-03 00:08:33 | Windmill farm (Parque eólico de El Perdón) |
Specifically, this is the parque eólico de El Perdón:
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| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-02 12:19:07 | Il Matitone (Torre Nord) |
Another map for the octagons... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-01 10:17:13 | Blobs At Big Bear Lake |
We've got a small collection of these reflections now. Check these out:
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| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-01 09:57:29 | Saddam's Childhood Neighborhood |
This from the Minneapolis/St. Paul newspaper the Star Tribune:
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| AlbinoFlea | 2005-11-01 01:16:36 | El Dorado Energy Plant |
This is the El Dorado Energy Plant. It burns natural gas, and there's a demonstration solar facility there too. The three black rectangles are ponds of water, I imagine used for cooling... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-31 16:42:18 | Pool with an island |
Isn't this like, your 3rd or 4th pool with an island submission?
We should suggest a micro-category... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-31 00:28:46 | Towers with red roofs |
These are the three Waterfront Plaza buildings. Some pictures/decription at:
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-30 18:33:49 | Cross Timbers Park |
Thanks for the ID; I've updated the title and added some info from the N. Richland Hills city parks page. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-26 21:11:02 | Harry Nice Memorial Bridge |
More info:
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-25 00:14:33 | Smithsonian National Postal Museum |
More Info:
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/
This building also houses the Bureau of Labor... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-24 21:19:19 | Hulk of an old battleship |
My bad. International Shipbreaking's slips are on the north side of the channel, along with ESCO Marine.
These slips belong to Transforma Marine. Google Earth says the shot... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-24 19:53:08 | Hulk of an old battleship |
This whole area seems to be part of International Shipbreaking Limited's operations. There's a list of ships they've hacked up here:
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-20 11:30:24 | Moated city of Taizhou |
You and your Chinese moats! I swear you'll be the death of me...
Actually, I rather enjoy knocking maps out of the Info Requested category. Must be the librarian in me... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-20 09:18:29 | Moated city of Taizhou |
This is Taizhou in the Jiangsu province.
According to
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-19 14:59:46 | Whole town torn down and hauled away |
The coordinates match up with Sundance, Manitoba, but info seems pretty scarce... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-19 14:35:52 | Manitoba Hydro's Limestone Generating Station |
Also interesting historical info here:
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/our_facilities/gs_limestone.pdf |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-19 14:32:55 | Manitoba Hydro's Limestone Generating Station |
This is Manitoba Hydro's Limestone Generating Station, located in Gillam, Manitoba:
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-19 14:15:33 | Two moats in Nantong |
I think this is the city of Nantong:
A map: ... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-17 21:16:53 | Underwater roads |
This is the Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir/Lake. It was impounded by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1968.
See: ... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-14 07:57:55 | Walled cemetery |
Interesting story of a WWII bomb found in (presumably) this cemetery in 2001:
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-13 09:50:22 | Tall Dam |
Someone at Google Earth Hacks has pointed out that the white dots across the upper portion of the dam is actually a series of Chinese characters... no translation, unfortunately.
... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-13 09:06:32 | Peacock Park |
I believe this is Peacock Park, based on this photo:
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| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-12 21:10:03 | Six Flags America |
City should be either Largo or Mitchellville. When I was growing up in the area I remember the endless commercials for "Wild World in Largo MD..."
From ... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-12 07:46:36 | Maloneyville Jail |
Which begs the question:
Which came first: the golf course or the jail? |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-11 17:04:14 | Double flare with number |
I dunno, it could be a six, but I'm not convinced. It might just be a 6-shaped smudge... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-11 16:51:29 | Weird thing over Via Veneto - Roma |
Goog-sicles! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-10 19:39:07 | Villa Taino |
From what I can glean, this is Villa Taina in Boquerón.
Here's a view of a villa:
http://www.vrbo.com/68077... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-10 17:37:08 | Kim Il Sung Birthday -- Palace (?) |
Interesting... then what is this? Some sort of private retreat house? |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-08 23:53:25 | D.C. water treatment plant |
Specifically, this is the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.
From ... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-07 11:50:13 | Film tag identifies camera used to shoot aerial photos |
This is pretty cool stuff. Even though Google Earth has different imagery to the east, the tags are still visible all along the seam. Easily one of the worst stitching jobs I've seen; the... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-06 14:27:50 | Îles Kerguelen |
Thanks for the correction, kai. Sorry that my é tripped you up. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-10-04 17:49:21 | Embassy of the Republic of India (Depew House) |
Actually I was gonna save the 7-11 for when I started posting the Starbucks locations...
I'm glad to hear you're enjying a Flea's-eye-view of DC. It's been quite a educational... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-28 07:14:59 | Colgate Clock |
Octagons rule! Another esoteric topic that would make a great category. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-27 21:29:00 | Rockets on Static Display at Goddard Space Flight Center |
Thanks K.J. ... I guess I didn't look quite hard enough... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-27 16:31:04 | Fred Redmon Bridge |
Sweet shadow. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-27 14:46:27 | KS |
Go Wildcats! |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-26 21:57:11 | Art Gallery of Ontario |
Getting a face lift courtesy of Frank Gehry:
http://www.ago.net/transformation/new_building.cfm |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-26 19:54:12 | North-South Korean Border |
It seems that this particular outpost is actually about 1.5 km north of the border, which would give it a commanding view of the valley in which this South Korean facility is located:... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-26 17:54:25 | DC prison & W-64L Nike missile site |
How many stinkin' Nike sites were there anyway? |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-26 17:43:01 | Taechon Air Base |
This is the Taechon Air Base; according to globalsecurity.org the 1st Air Combat Command is based out of Kaechon, which was posted as map 5611.
Perhaps this should be... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-25 23:46:06 | N-93L Nike missile site |
Hitting all the big milestones tonight, eh? |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-25 23:45:06 | DC prison & W-64L Nike missile site |
Lorton is in Virginia, although the prison is operated by the DC Dept. of Corrections.
The thumbnail specifically shows the Minimum Security Facility. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-25 18:18:16 | Pyramid | Props! Map 2K!
Did you save this one to be 2000th, or did you just submit it in the natural course of things? |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-22 12:36:51 | Saddam's yacht al-Mansur (The Victor) |
Ah, even worse, April 10th 2003.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-22 11:36:52 | Saddam's yacht al-Mansur (The Victor) |
Interesting post.
On the map the yacht seems to be floating on its side; but in the pictures from the BBC article it certainly appears to be upright now. This seems somewhat... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-14 07:36:07 | Russian Bear Lake Radio Telescope |
This area seems kind of built up for this to be a radio telescope; they'd have a hard time isolating it from the surrounding background radio noise. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-13 02:48:35 | Mull of Kintyre |
Well heck, that's worth a 10 in my book. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-09-12 19:43:33 | Head , eye , noze | It also looks like a large electrical outlet. |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-31 07:54:22 | Aruba | Country code should be AW, Aruba.
From the CIA Factbook:
Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-25 12:53:02 | RV Ben Franklin & Vancouver Maritime Museum | You have time to drive around?
Actually, I've got the same problem, hence all the Washington DC posts.
At your current rate of submission you should reach 1 million... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-25 12:21:04 | RV Ben Franklin & Vancouver Maritime Museum | Wow... this is like, map no. 1500 for you isn't it?
kjfitz = AlbinoFlea × 6 |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-24 09:05:36 | Hell | You just can't make this up...
 http://www.steveiron.com/odd/hell-stats.jpg" alt="Hell Map achieves... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-23 13:41:59 | Bat Tower |
A story that truly speaks to the depths of the bittersweet human experience... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-22 20:17:11 | Airplane near Huesca | I beleive the country for this should be Spain... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-22 19:18:58 | Drive thru donut shop with two giant donuts | Perhaps we should migrate this thread to the forums... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-22 14:02:29 | Mount Etna |
This is also where some of the lava footage was shot for the Msutafar scenes in Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-22 13:16:17 | Härdangerjøkulen Glacier | Umm... That's not the category I thought I chose...
Natural -- Glaciers
Events -- Movie Locations |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-22 12:58:13 | Drive thru donut shop with two giant donuts | This raises an interesting "philosophy of Googleglobetrotting" issue: does one submit maps because of their aesthetic/visual appeal/novelty or because of their cultural/geographical/historic... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-22 09:00:48 | Drive thru donut shop with two giant donuts | I think Giant Donuts would make a great category... |
| AlbinoFlea | 2005-08-17 14:18:02 | Ginásio Poliesportivo José Corrêa | It appears to be used primarily for volleyball. |
