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kjfitz @ 2014-01-05 11:46:01
kjfitz pictureMeethari Marwar
Welcome to VGT!
kjfitz @ 2014-01-03 08:15:22
kjfitz pictureManeki-neko
Woah! Mega karma points.
kjfitz @ 2014-01-02 10:22:13
kjfitz pictureHorse-drawn Carriage Weathervane
Ingenuity karma points.
kjfitz @ 2014-01-02 10:21:42
kjfitz pictureWoman with rubber doll in a wheelchair
Embarrassing moment karma points.
kjfitz @ 2014-01-01 15:29:13
kjfitz pictureWashington Monument at night
This image was taken during the 2013 Holiday Light Show.
http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2013-07-09/washington-monument-light-show/
kjfitz @ 2013-12-15 07:50:02
kjfitz pictureArchways by Mark Grieve & Ilana Spector
That's cool that the artist himself is posing in the picture.
kjfitz @ 2013-12-05 10:38:16
kjfitz pictureJet in Milton, West Virginia
USAF FU-078 16078 F-86D-30 Sabre Jet

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12074145
kjfitz @ 2013-12-05 10:36:52
kjfitz pictureGarage Crushed by Boulder in Ohio
Welcome to VGT!
kjfitz @ 2013-12-05 10:36:27
kjfitz pictureGarage Crushed by Boulder in Ohio
OK, that's a dramatic find.
kjfitz @ 2013-12-02 12:59:40
kjfitz pictureCristo Redentor replica
Good series of maps. Thanks!
kjfitz @ 2013-12-02 12:55:13
kjfitz pictureSound Farm Studio and Recording Environment
Welcome to VGT!
kjfitz @ 2013-11-25 07:29:55
kjfitz pictureFind-It #28
We have a winner! Good job!
kjfitz @ 2013-11-21 11:40:03
kjfitz pictureColonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO)
A giant Guppy-like version of the 747, A Dreamlifter, mistook this for McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan. and landed here accidentally.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/21/21559785-giant-boeing-747-freighter-successfully-takes-off-from-wrong-kansas-airport
kjfitz @ 2013-11-19 11:01:05
kjfitz pictureVery large graffiti
kjfitz @ 2013-11-18 12:49:26
kjfitz pictureAbandoned Town of Roscigno
Welcome back. We missed you.
kjfitz @ 2013-11-17 10:20:57
kjfitz pictureMuseum of Hungarian Aviation
I'm always surprised when someone posts a new aviation museum like this. I kind of assume they've all been found by now. Thanks for this!
kjfitz @ 2013-11-15 08:02:46
kjfitz pictureChiesa di San Fantin
I see a "Churches of Venice" blog post in our future. :)
kjfitz @ 2013-11-14 11:49:50
kjfitz pictureGoogle Trekker - Piazza San Marco
Cool find. Thanks!
kjfitz @ 2013-11-13 10:13:37
kjfitz picturePIX Theater
kjfitz @ 2013-11-04 08:47:35
kjfitz pictureButtermere
Great postcard thumbnail.
kjfitz @ 2013-10-24 08:10:56
kjfitz picture'Torchlight Chandelier' by Dale Chihuly
Excellent!
kjfitz @ 2013-10-18 16:13:31
kjfitz pictureView of London Eye from Google's Offices
Best thumbnail ever. I cursed and then decided to just go ahead to create a new thumbnail *without* the place mark.
kjfitz @ 2013-10-16 15:49:53
kjfitz pictureBalanced Rock
Great thumbnail.
kjfitz @ 2013-10-10 16:13:12
kjfitz pictureMr. Bean and Justin Bieber
And a couple of princes downstairs playing ping pong.
kjfitz @ 2013-10-02 13:20:00
kjfitz pictureHeadless man
I wasn't sure if this was meant for the scavenger hunt. I added it anyway.
kjfitz @ 2013-10-02 08:32:15
kjfitz pictureGordie Howe
From the rules: For identifiable people please include the first paragraph and more info link from WikiPedia.
kjfitz @ 2013-10-02 08:30:11
kjfitz pictureMichael Ballack
From the rules: For identifiable people please include the first paragraph and more info link from WikiPedia.
kjfitz @ 2013-10-01 14:50:03
kjfitz pictureDead Fish Restaurant
Cute. But I'll allow it.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-26 16:45:33
kjfitz pictureJesus and the Virgin Mary
Wow! That's a really amazing space.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-26 13:24:07
kjfitz pictureAbominable Snowman
Because... when I think of Yeti the first thing that comes to mind is … the desert!
kjfitz @ 2013-09-22 08:52:09
kjfitz pictureGanesha
Abstract karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-09-21 08:40:59
kjfitz pictureBoeing Dreamlifter
kjfitz @ 2013-09-21 08:33:24
kjfitz pictureBlue elephant
Blue Elephant karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-09-20 14:18:44
kjfitz pictureElephant sculpture
Blue Elephant karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-09-19 18:56:04
kjfitz pictureElephant Kerosene
Blue Elephant karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-09-18 14:10:55
kjfitz pictureScott LoBaido "Flags Across America" roof
I really like this series. I hadn't ever heard of it until they all started showing up here. A lot like the whale series.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-17 13:59:34
kjfitz pictureOriginal Chevys Fresh Mex restaurant
Soon to be demolished.
http://networkedblogs.com/P7rOF
kjfitz @ 2013-09-09 16:37:15
kjfitz pictureAirport being built
Airport is complete in the latest GM imagery.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-09 16:31:14
kjfitz pictureLee Valley White Water Centre
Facility complete and in use in the latest GM imagery.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-09 16:29:58
kjfitz pictureSpartak Stadium
Construction underway in the latest GM imagery.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-09 16:28:51
kjfitz pictureFisht Olympic Stadium
Major construction now underway in the GM imagery.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-09 16:21:21
kjfitz pictureLarge Pad
A facility has now been built on the pad.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-09 16:19:23
kjfitz pictureFuture Site of the September 11th Pentagon Memorial
Now in BEV, LL and GM imagery.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-09 16:17:30
kjfitz pictureKorean International Circuit (construction site)
Circuit is now in the latest imagery.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-05 13:13:19
kjfitz pictureSeattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals (2007-12-09)
You're right of course. That's the only game they were 27-7 in the second quarter with Arizona. Weird.
kjfitz @ 2013-09-05 13:05:21
kjfitz pictureSeattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals (2007-12-09)
2007 sounds unusual. Was the android app for 360 degree images available then?
kjfitz @ 2013-08-30 07:13:09
kjfitz pictureFootball
Mural karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-29 22:53:47
kjfitz pictureStatic Airplane
Welcome to VGT!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-29 08:38:21
kjfitz pictureSan Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (Eastern Span)
Closed permanently to traffic last night.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-29 08:37:43
kjfitz pictureBay Bridge
The east span of the Bay Bridge closed permanently last night. The new east span opens on September 3rd. Until then the whole SF Bay Bridge is closed.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-28 09:56:37
kjfitz pictureMontreal Fashion and Design Festival
There's a lot of really cool stuff to post if you wander around in this imagery. TV interviews in progress, fashion show in progress, art installations, models in costume preparing for the catwalk, probably a bunch of real celebs around if you knew whom to look for. Thanks! This goes on my Favorites list.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-24 18:00:09
kjfitz picturePolice stop in Russia
There is a car with two police similarly dressed at the T-intersection a few miles northeast just past the apartments. They look like they are setting up a checkpoint too.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-22 13:56:27
kjfitz pictureGoogle camera car and trailer
Actually all of the local pocket sized parks have Google trike imagery around here, most with good shots of the Google car and trike trailer.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-22 12:33:03
kjfitz pictureProtest
Probably this same issue being protested a few years later:

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/08/02/business/story04.html

kjfitz @ 2013-08-22 11:54:51
kjfitz pictureBayou Corne sinkhole
Compare to the Bing imagery where there is no sink hole.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-22 10:44:34
kjfitz pictureSmithsonian Museum Support Center
I spent a great day here once. I got to crawl around inside the Enola Gay before its restoration. I spent time with the people in the restoration labs talking to them about how they work. And I toured the storage buildings next door with hundreds of airplanes stored in them before they were moved out to the new museum at Dulles.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-20 13:31:13
kjfitz pictureGateway Arch replica
I always wondered why the Gateway Arch gets less respect. Look how often other landmarks like the Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, etc. get copied or become iconic images. Not the St Louis arch. I sense (though have no data) that it was a lot more 'popular' back in the 60's and 70's. Now you just never seem to hear about it.

Poor arch. :(

kjfitz @ 2013-08-20 11:33:49
kjfitz pictureApple OS X
Extra credit for having an employee posing in the thumbnail. A two-fer!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-20 11:24:17
kjfitz pictureCat
Extra credit for Halloween reference.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-20 11:23:36
kjfitz pictureBudweiser Shamrock
Extra credit for St Patrick's Day reference.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-19 17:31:44
kjfitz picturePanorama: Fireworks over Las Vegas
Sorry. See Note 1. Must be an actual skyline. Not a picture.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-19 08:28:40
kjfitz pictureThe Kite Loft
Mega kite karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-17 10:15:09
kjfitz picturePike Place Market
A lot of cities seem to do this. Jack London Square in Oakland, Pier 51 in San Francisco, Underground Atlanta, Les Halles, is Paris, etc. And Google any of them and you get an endless series of articles about "reviving them" and how some scam-artist of a developer will return vitality and vibrancy to the city with the investment a few tens of millions of dollars in his schemes. Don't get me started.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-17 09:19:48
kjfitz pictureMouse
Cute category karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-16 20:48:05
kjfitz pictureVending machine
Sorry. It must dispense electronics. Like iPods, radios, cables, chargers, iPads, etc.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-16 09:02:05
kjfitz pictureGuinness Logo
Welcome to VGT and your first Scavenger Hunt! You're off to a roaring start!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-16 08:57:36
kjfitz pictureDazzle's Lingerie and Exotic Dancer clothing store
Sorry. This is not valid for the scavenger hunt.

From the instructions:

"...Google Business imagery. You can find this imagery by looking for orange dots while dragging the Peg Man icon across Google Maps. Some really dense collections of them can be found in major capitals like Tokyo, London, and New York. Other mid-sized cities have concentrations that have yet to be explored though. Plan your strategy accordingly."
kjfitz @ 2013-08-16 08:50:01
kjfitz picturePolice Box (TARDIS)
You **HAVE** to check this out in street view. There is now Google Business imagery inside the Tardis.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-15 09:27:11
kjfitz pictureSuper Smash Brothers video game
Thanks! I figured someone would recognize it.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-15 09:16:57
kjfitz pictureChicago Skyline at Night
Sorry, not valid for the hunt. :(
NOTE 1: Must be an actual item. No pictures, ads, murals, art, or other depictions.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-15 08:19:03
kjfitz pictureOracle Laura reading tarot cards
kjfitz @ 2013-08-13 14:49:31
kjfitz pictureSpaceport America
Great new imagery in LL.
kjfitz @ 2013-08-07 15:36:44
kjfitz pictureMaid café
Google has gone through and removed the face blurring in these images. (See archived thumbnails).
kjfitz @ 2013-08-06 08:54:18
kjfitz pictureAntique horse-drawn fire truck
Antique karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-06 08:54:09
kjfitz pictureAntique horse-drawn fire truck
Antique karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-05 07:43:29
kjfitz pictureAntique horse-drawn fire truck
Antique karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-05 07:43:17
kjfitz pictureAntique horse-drawn fire truck
Antique karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-04 15:31:55
kjfitz pictureOld-Time Ladder Truck
Karma jackpot!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-04 06:33:27
kjfitz pictureAntique horse-drawn fire truck
Antique karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-02 08:29:42
kjfitz pictureAntique horse-drawn fire truck
Antique karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-08-01 08:09:08
kjfitz pictureOld horse-drawn ladder truck
Antique Karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-29 14:39:38
kjfitz picturePlaying paintball
Karma points for actual paintball players!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-23 06:49:38
kjfitz picture'See 7 States from Rock City'
Cool variation of a See Rock City sign.
kjfitz @ 2013-07-19 11:15:06
kjfitz pictureFormer Thorp Arch Railway Station
We aren't sure. nic is aware of the issue and tracking it down. Meanwhile the mods have a simple way of fixing it and will try to catch them all before they are approved. Sorry for the confusion.

Kevin
kjfitz @ 2013-07-19 09:45:30
kjfitz pictureRussian Fight
Might not actually be a fight. If you look at the other images before and after it looks like the redhead may be drunk. She's sitting in the middle of the street by herself as traffic slows down and drives around her. I think the woman in black drags her out of the street by her hair and then starts chewing her out verbally.
kjfitz @ 2013-07-18 11:42:31
kjfitz pictureLeopard 2 Tank
Hey, welcome back! I like your military posts too.
kjfitz @ 2013-07-10 11:47:02
kjfitz pictureHMS Ocean (L12)
Odd. Turn off labels and you get a different set of imagery.
kjfitz @ 2013-07-03 08:25:55
kjfitz pictureDiagon Alley at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
Very cool!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-02 13:20:38
kjfitz pictureGold Rush Randonnee 1200k route marker
kjfitz successfully completed the ride in 85:51. Yeah!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-02 09:01:50
kjfitz pictureYu Loong Sunny
Thanks for the More Info!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 11:03:12
kjfitz pictureYu Loong Sunny
What is Yu Loong Sunny? Is it a type of car? A more info link on posts with ambiguous posts would help those of us who don't know what you may be posting.

Thanks,

Kevin
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:55:26
kjfitz pictureSubmarine
Memory flashback karma! This was one of my favorite shows on TV when I was seven!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:52:25
kjfitz picturePainting of USS Constitution
Art karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:51:06
kjfitz pictureRadio controlled Carbon Cub in flight
Great thumbnail!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:50:23
kjfitz pictureSailboat weathervane
Out-of-the-box-thinking karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:49:54
kjfitz pictureAntique road grader
Antique karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:47:26
kjfitz pictureSkateboard flying machine sculpture
Art karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:46:41
kjfitz pictureHorse-drawn wagon mural
Art karma!
kjfitz @ 2013-07-01 09:46:09
kjfitz pictureKetchikn, Alaska Fire truck
Sorry, that isn't a hook and ladder truck. See this for details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook-and-ladder_truck#Tiller_ladder
kjfitz @ 2013-06-30 11:46:44
kjfitz pictureCorvette Racing at Leguna Seca Raceway
Sorry, for the contest I'm looking for the support vehicles. Not the actual race cars.