VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2007-04-12

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Site Of Princess Grace of Monaco's Car Accident
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On September 13, 1982, Princess Grace was returning with her daughter Stephanie to Monaco from a retreat at a family estate in France. While driving on the winding, narrow road, Grace suffered a stroke and caused a car crash. While Stephanie sustained several significant injuries, Grace was gravely injured. She was pronounced dead the next evening, at age 52.

Hercule Poirot's Apartment
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Florin Court is an Art Deco residential building, situated on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London, England. Built in 1936 by Guy Morgan and Partners, it became Whitehaven Mansions, the fictional residence of Hercule Poirot, in the 1980s filming of the TV series based on Agatha Christie's novels. It features an impressive curved facade, a roof garden and a basement swimming pool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehaven_Mansions

Luxury waterfront villa
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Tug towing a crane
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Fake town - Orange County Sherriff's Tactical Training Center
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The Tactical Training Center, in the City of Orange, is one of the most realistic simulated police training villages in the state, and trains thousands of officers, agents, and private security company employees from the western United States. Like the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s tactical village at City Terrace, Orange County’s Tactical Training Center was built as a “laser village” in the 1980’s, when practice weapons emitted a laser light, and “victims” wore vests that electronically detected the approximate strike of the beam. Now small dye-filled simunitions are used.

Self propelled DP crane vessel 'Saipem 3000'
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Arcul de Triumf
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By: DonMartini.
Arcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Kiseleff Road.
The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after Romania gained its independence (1878), so that the victorious troops could march under it. Another temporary arch was built on the same site, in 1922, after World War I, which was demolished in 1935 to make way for the current triumphal arch, which was inaugurated in September 1936.
The current arch has a height of 27 meters and was built after the plans of the architect Petre Antonescu. It has as foundation a 25 x 11.50 meters rectangle. The sculptures with which the facades are decorated were created by famous Romanian sculptors such as Ion Jalea and Dimitrie Paciurea.

Cotroceni Palace
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By: DonMartini.
Cotroceni Palace is a palace of Bucharest which is the residence of the President of Romania, located at Bulevardul Geniului, nr. 1.
On Cotroceni hill, in 1679 Şerban Cantacuzino built a monastery and this was the place where a palace was built by French architect Paul Gottereau for King Carol I of Romania in 1888.
In 1977, Nicolae Ceauşescu made the palace a guest house and the old church of Cantacuzino was demolished in 1985. Since 1991, it has been the residence of the Romanian President; also the National Cotroceni Museum is open to the public.
During the time when Ion Iliescu was president, the press reported that an owl had settled in the park which surrounds Cotroceni Palace. In Romanian folklore, an owl is said to be a funerary bird that announces the imminent death of somebody, as the hooting of the owl is likened to a mourning call. For this reason, it is alleged that a hunter was hired to shoot the owl.

Private Yacht
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P&O Lines ship 'Oceana'
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Casa Presei Libere
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By: DonMartini.
Construction began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. The building was named Combinatul Poligrafic Casa Scînteii "I.V.Stalin" and later Casa Scînteii (Scînteia was the name of the Romanian Communist Party's official newspaper). It was designed by the architect Horia Maicu, in the pure (albeit comparatively small-scale) style of Soviet Socialist realism, resembling the main building of the Moscow State University, and was intended to house all of Bucharest's printing presses, the newsrooms and their staff.

Cal Dive International pipe laying vessel
It has a CDI logo on the side but the CDI web site doesn't list this as one of their ships.

Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca
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designed in 1637, construction of the citadel took 42 years, finally being completed in 1700, was used as a fortress in 1898 during the Spanish-American War, cited as the best preserved and most complete example of Spanish-American military architecture.

Creţulescu Palace
Creţulescu Palace (Palatul Creţulescu in Romanian, alternative spelling "Kretzulescu") is a historic building near the Cişmigiu Gardens on the Ştirbey Vodă street nr. 39 in Bucharest, Romania. It has been built for the Kretzulescu family at the beginning of the 20th century, by the Romanian arhitect Petre Antonescu (1873-1965).
Since 1972, it houses the headquarters of UNESCO's European Centre for Higher Education UNESCO-CEPES (known as CEPES after its French name, Centre Europeén pour l'enseignement supérieur).

Antonio Maceo monument
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Dedicatated to Lt. General Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales, second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence

Fake town - Ed Davis Tactical Simulator
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The Situation-Simulator Village, as it is also called, has a gas station, bank, bar, convenience store, hotel, house, and coffee shop. The village is used by officers for advanced training, and for the production of training videos. Trainees use simunition and are fully protected with face shields and vests.

Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion
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Christmas Trees for Sale

Moncada Barracks
The site of an armed attack by a small group of rebels led by Fidel Castro that sparked the Cuban Revolution

Hamburg Süd container ship 'Monte Sarmiento'

Fire Department Roof Training Prop
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The largest rooftop training prop in Southern California. It is a structural skeleton of a building, with a large flat roof area, and a tall pitched roof area. Located nearby is a rescue house made from 2 stacked shipping containers, a confined space training area, and salvage vehicles used in cutting for victim extraction.

'LOVE' on a Rooftop
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Buoy

Sand Sculptures
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2005 World Sand Sculpture Festival on Brighton Seafront.

Romanian Athenaeum
The Romanian Athenaeum (Romanian: Ateneul Român) is a concert hall in the center of Bucharest, Romania. Opened in 1888, the ornate, domed, circular building is the city's main concert hall and the home of the "George Enescu" Philharmonic and the home of an annual international music festival also named after George Enescu.
The Romanian Atheneum Society was founded in 1865 by Constantin Esarcu, V. A. Ureche, and Nicolae Creţulescu. A portion of the construction funds was raised by public subscription in a 28-year long effort, still remembered today by the slogan "Daţi un leu pentru Ateneu!" ("Give one leu for the Ateneu!").
The building was designed by the French architect Albert Galleron, on property that had belonged to the Văcărescu family. The overall style is neoclassical, with some more romantic touches. The ground floor is an ornate conference hall as large as the auditorium above; the auditorium seats 600 in the stalls and another 52 in loge seating. Above the loges is a frieze and a group of 25 frescoes by Costin Petrescu depicting scenes from the history of Romania. In front, there is a statue of Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu.
On December 29, 1919, the Atheneum was the site of the conference of leading Romanians who voted to ratify the unification of Bessarabia, Transylvania, and Bukovina with the Romanian Old Kingdom to constitute Greater Romania.

Ships with 2 platforms

Seymour Botanical Conservatory
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The W. W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory is a greenhouse located in Wright Park at 316 South G Street, Tacoma, Washington. It is open from Tuesday to Sunday 10 am-4:30 pm; admission is free.
The Victorian-style conservatory was built in 1907, and named in honor of donor William W. Seymour. Its wings and twelve-sided central dome contain some 3,500 panes of glass. Six sculptures created by former conservator Clarence Deming rest among the plants, and reflect African, Māori, and Aztec traditions.
The conservatory now contains more than 550 plant species in its permanent collection, including agapanthus, azaleas, bromeliads, cacti, clivias, cymbidium, epiphyllum, ferns, figs, more than 200 orchids, palms, and rhododendrons. It also contains a rotating exhibit of floral displays that generally features between 300-500 blooming plants at any given time.

Estadio Guillermón Moncada
Named after Guillermón Moncada, a Cuban patriot, the stadium serves primiarly as the home to Santiago de Cuba baseball club

Circus Althoff

Southlake Town Square
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By: darkhorse219.
Retail development that is growing like wildfire

Drill tower at Hotchkin Training Center
Five story fire dept training tower used by the LA Fire Department
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five story metal drill tower which was recently ordered from a company that premanufactures them and then assembles them on site. This drill tower has “hot house” capability, meaning that of it can ignite with propane in order to create more realistic training conditions.
Only viewable in one shot in BEV. If you scan around the tower isn't there yet.

Practical Combat Range at the Tactical Training Center
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Practical Combat Range at the Tactical Training Center. This is a small “Hogan’s Alley” – type facility (a name which comes from the FBI’s training town in Virginia), with a number of alleys and corridors that terminate at fixed and moving targets. This is a live fire range, with a large bullet trap consisting of piles of shredded tires, faced by a painted rubber mat. It was improved and modified following the notorious 1999 North Hollywood shootout involving heavily armed and armored bank robbers that alarmed police with their firepower.
In the East view you can make out the new car-obstructions.

Fake town - LA Police Academy SIT SIMM
The situation simulation “SIT SIM” village is on a hillside near the Rock Garden. It was built in 1975, with help from Universal Studios volunteers. It consists of a series of facades with individual doors. The interior rooms are all connected by doorways, enabling a continuous search scenario to be played out from one end of the complex to the other. Props inside are minimal, and the building is fairly simply constructed. Only simunition is used in this facility.

Romanian National Opera
The Romanian National Opera (Opera Naţională in Romanian) is the national opera of Romania, situated in a historical building in Bucharest near the Cotroceni neighbourhood.
The first opera performed there was Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades 9 January 1954; the first ballet was Coppelia, the following night.
Their annual season runs October-June.

'Kreber'
Designs and builds machines for the chemical and food industries.

Regional Fire Operations and Training Center
Two story building simulates a strip mall/industrial complex. The main level contains a storage area gas fired burn prop which can be supplemented by use of a non-hazardous mineral-based smoke. The roof houses attic space, roof ventilation/penetration props, and a high walled equipment well.
The Training Tower is a 6 story building with many configurable rooms that can be staged for a variety of training scenarios. Skills training can include high-rise, industrial, commercial, and residential activities.
There are 3 computerized interior burn props including a living room, a bedroom and kitchen.
Environmentally friendly artificial smoke can be pumped through the building. The bedroom prop has specialized window glass that allows viewing of training scenarios from an outside deck.
The nature of the burn rooms allow for the quick turn around of training evolutions. Participants can experience numerous fire attack scenarios in a very short time. Unlike past live fire training, the props are completely controlled by a training officer on site and in close proximity to the evolution being conducted. The system’s manufacturer, Symtron/Kidde Corporation, has a track record of over 2 million firefighters through their systems without one injury being attributed to fire.
Stairwells have standpipes and there is a hazardous materials/high piled storage room, an elevator shaft, and collapsed structure space. Moveable partitions create maze rooms. A helicopter prop projects from the top level of the building and can be used for rappelling. An electrical room prop and sprinkler demonstration area is also located within the building.
Railroad tanker: Used for hazardous materials dome training.
Several dome tops will be fabricated to simulate various types of chemical storage capabilities.
Confined Space Training: A series of manhole covers and 400’ of underground tunnel structures from 60” to 36” in diameter.
Trench Rescue: Two below-grade structures. One trench is for advanced use with rough texture to simulate underground collapse including electrical, gas (air bottle can simulate gas leak), and water pipes that can be filled at high volume with water . The other has a smooth edge where imported materials and tripods can be utilized.
Car Fire: Computerized propane burn prop can be programmed to simulate fire and smoke under the hood, inside the cab, in the trunk, or simulate a gas leak under the vehicle.
Running Fuel Spill: Computerized propane burn prop can be programmed to simulate high flames, heat, and smoke.
Vehicle Extrication Yard: Used for vehicle extrication training and housing of demolished vehicles.
Multi-purpose area: Utilized for parking and miscellaneous training activities.
Hydrants: Realistic hydrant spacing for hose training and use. One hydrant utilizes a pressure reducing valve for Fire Engineer training.
North Property: Large open area adjacent to training grounds for overflow parking, storage, staging, and USAR events.

Lacrosse match at Georgetown University

Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU/MUCU)

Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore

New Ocean Paradise Hotel

Helicopter over Washington

Small plane fueselage in field
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By: Pdunn.

Windmill

Heroes Monument in Carol Park
Carol Park (Romanian: Parcul Carol) is a public park in Bucharest, Romania, named after King Carol I of Romania.
The park was designed by French landscape artist Édouard Redont in 1900, and inaugurated in 1906. The park had an initial surface area of 360,000m², with a 20,000m² lake in the middle.
It contains both the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Monument of the Heroes for the Freedom of the People and of the Motherland, for Socialism, where some of Romania's most prominent Communist leaders were buried until the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

Ponte In Costruzione

National Museum of Romanian History
The National Museum of Romanian History is a museum on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times. The permanent displays include a plaster cast of the entirety of Trajan's Column as well as the Romanian Crown Jewels. It is located inside the former Postal Services Palace, which also houses a philatelic museum.

Wind turbine

Remote Camp
Not sure what this camp is. The ground still has a lot of grass so it looks very temporary and probably recently erected.