When it opened in 1940, it went by the blandly descriptive name of the Potomac River Bridge. It was renamed in 1968 for Harry Whinna Nice, Maryland's Republican governor from 1935 to 1939, during whose term the bridge's construction was approved.
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 Information Retrieval, when in fact it is the setting for the "hero" Sam Lowry's apartment, as well as the pathway to the Chapel of Our Lady of the Checkout Counter. The bureaucracy headquarters was filmed at the now demolished Croydon Power Station in Cumbria.
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.
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 on your store finder. The store finder locates it here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno,+ca&ll=36.730105,-119.689651&spn=0.003709,0.010274&t=k&hl=en while in fact it is loacted here: ...
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 commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth.
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.
This Nike facility was operational from approximately 1956 to 1961. Date of transfer to the Air Force is unknown; but by 15 Dec 1975 it was listed as Orange ANG Communications Station...
Saddam Hussein, by the way, was born under King Ghazi on April 28, 1937, in the village of Ouija outside Tikrit. His father died (according to some accounts) or abandoned the family about the time Saddam was born. He was raised by his mother and at times by a...
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.
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Approved by the State Council in 1996, it is a newly founded city directly under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu province. Taizhou administers four county-level cities——Jingjiang, Taixing, Jiangyan, Xinghua, and two districts——Hailing and...
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.
This park is just off the Beltway east of Washington, D.C. It started in 1982 as Wild World. Water rides were the main attraction in the early years, but thrill rides began to dominate. It's...
The Blue Plains AWTP is the largest advanced wastewater treatment facility of its type in the United States with a rated annual average day capacity if 370 million gallons per day and a peak wet weather capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day. While other...
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 transitions in this area are in desperate need of a PhotoShop brush-up.
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 experience for me as well... Sadly, almost every other thing I think of posting isn't thumbnail-genic enough, which is pretty shocking when you realize how low my standards are.
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:
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 odd...
Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward full independence was halted at Aruba's request in 1990.
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 value/novelty?
I'd say it's definitely an inflatable; with the yellow shirt and hat, one can't help but think of Curious George character, the Man with the Yellow Hat, but I think he wore yellow pants as well.
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The last C&O canal posting... until we get some high-res above lock 29.
And if it goes underneath the white and gray hexagons, we could count it as 18...
You know I love the octagons, but I had to call you on this one... but hexagons are cool too.
Interesting 12-fold symmetry.
Map 700!
If you think France is bad, have a crack at some of the Info Requested maps for China...
Congratulations on your 500th map submission!
Also, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1129-2005Apr19_2.html:
When it opened in 1940, it went by the blandly descriptive name of the Potomac River Bridge. It was renamed in 1968 for Harry Whinna Nice, Maryland's Republican governor from 1935 to 1939, during whose term the bridge's construction was approved.
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 Information Retrieval, when in fact it is the setting for the "hero" Sam Lowry's apartment, as well as the pathway to the Chapel of Our Lady of the Checkout Counter. The bureaucracy headquarters was filmed at the now demolished Croydon Power Station in Cumbria.
From ...
A thumbnail worthy of Pollock!
The pictures are a great find. Props!
Hello Al:
Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's regarding our website, www.mcdonalds.com. We always appreciate hearing from our customers.
Please know your comments have been shared with our Web Development Team. I am certain they will further investigate and take corrective action.
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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 on your store finder. The store finder locates it here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno,+ca&ll=36.730105,-119.689651&spn=0.003709,0.010274&t=k&hl=en while in fact it is loacted here: ...
The real question is how many McD's are in hi-res...
http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/rest_locator.html
places this store here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=fresno,+ca&ll=36.730105,-119.689651&spn=0.003709,0.010274&t=k&hl=en
Which is quite clearly a residential neighborhood... and 0.6 miles...
Sweet! Congrats.
Asheville's a pretty cool little town, IMHO.
It's strange that there's no indication that it has been updated...? Feel free to re-add it and deep-six my comment.
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.
RESCO is now Wheelabrator; I only know this because I submitted the Baltimore plant about 2 weeks ago...
http://www.wheelabratortechnologies.com/WTI/CEP/saugus.asp
Very cool first post!
Welcome to Google Globetrotting. Great first post!
The bigger question is: how did kjfitz miss this one? Just concentrating on the Launch sites?
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 http://www.airforcebase.net/usaf/usafnike.html:
This Nike facility was operational from approximately 1956 to 1961. Date of transfer to the Air Force is unknown; but by 15 Dec 1975 it was listed as Orange ANG Communications Station...
Any guesses as to what the rectangular item is in the upper left portion of the lake?
Yes, it is adjacent to Clissold Elementary School.
This is the new castle; picture at:
http://www.uakom.sk/bs/gallery/hrad1.jpg
AKpilotEMT:
I accidently deleted Upper Erskine Lake, map 11171; we should be able to resurrect it soon.
Sorry!
Image was taken Sept 24, 2004, two days after Jeanne hit.
Actually, the World's Largest Ball of Twine isn't in high-res yet...
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNDARtwine.html
Note the 2.6 km wake.
Still more info, pictures:
http://www.paris5eme.com/jp3.htm
This might be the parc des Champs Foux
See this picture at:
http://www.ville-chilly-mazarin.fr/5-cadre_vie/espaces.htm
Welcome back Kooothor. Haven't seen you in months!
Specifically, this is the parque eólico de El Perdón:
http://canales.diariovasco.com/ekoplaneta/datos/temas/2005/julio/eolicas1.htm
You can see video of them here:
http://www.energia.inf.cu/iee-mep/Reno/viento9.mpg
Another map for the octagons...
We've got a small collection of these reflections now. Check these out:
http://googleglobetrotting.com/info.php/mid/10256
http://googleglobetrotting.com/info.php/mid/9928
http://googleglobetrotting.com/info.php/mid/5459...
This from the Minneapolis/St. Paul newspaper the Star Tribune:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1762/3626448-2.html
Saddam Hussein, by the way, was born under King Ghazi on April 28, 1937, in the village of Ouija outside Tikrit. His father died (according to some accounts) or abandoned the family about the time Saddam was born. He was raised by his mother and at times by a...
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.
There's a picture and more details at:
http://www.semprageneration.com/Pages/Projects/El_Dorado/El_Dorado.aspx
Isn't this like, your 3rd or 4th pool with an island submission?
We should suggest a micro-category...
These are the three Waterfront Plaza buildings. Some pictures/decription at:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=124428
The Waterfront Plaza consists of two 25-floor buildings on either side of a 15-floor building.
Thanks for the ID; I've updated the title and added some info from the N. Richland Hills city parks page.
More info:
http://www.mdta.state.md.us/mdta/servlet/dispatchServlet?url=/TollFacilities/HarryWNiceBridge.jsp
More Info:
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/
This building also houses the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/
And the Capitol Hill location of the Capitol City Brewing Co.
http://www.capcitybrew.com/capitolhill.htm...
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 dates from Feb. 17, 2004.
This whole area seems to be part of International Shipbreaking Limited's operations. There's a list of ships they've hacked up here:
http://www.shiprecycling.com/cutshp.html
That should help to narrow things down.
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...
This is Taizhou in the Jiangsu province.
According to
http://www.taizhou.gov.cn/PortalEnglish/Home/home.aspx
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Approved by the State Council in 1996, it is a newly founded city directly under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu province. Taizhou administers four county-level cities——Jingjiang, Taixing, Jiangyan, Xinghua, and two districts——Hailing and...
The coordinates match up with Sundance, Manitoba, but info seems pretty scarce...
Also interesting historical info here:
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/our_facilities/gs_limestone.pdf
This is Manitoba Hydro's Limestone Generating Station, located in Gillam, Manitoba:
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/our_facilities/gs_limestone.shtml
I think this is the city of Nantong:
A map: http://www.cityofnanaimo.com/asia/China/ShanghaiRegion.pdf
And a description from http://www.tex-nt.com/charm/charm04.asp:
Haohe River, known as the emerald necklace of Nantong, surrounds the old city with a total length of 15km, covering an...
This is the Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir/Lake. It was impounded by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1968.
See: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/stillhouse_hollow/
It would be interesting to find pre-1968 maps of this area to determine what roads these were...
Interesting story of a WWII bomb found in (presumably) this cemetery in 2001:
http://www.456thbombgroup.org/war_rtrn.html
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.
http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile2298/Large-dam-near-Korla.htm
I believe this is Peacock Park, based on this photo:
http://china.notspecial.org/gallery/album27/DSCN1359
The statute in the picture could easily be the one to the northwest of the center statue.
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 http://www.coastergallery.com/SF/SFA.html:
This park is just off the Beltway east of Washington, D.C. It started in 1982 as Wild World. Water rides were the main attraction in the early years, but thrill rides began to dominate. It's...
Which begs the question:
Which came first: the golf course or the jail?
I dunno, it could be a six, but I'm not convinced. It might just be a 6-shaped smudge...
Goog-sicles!
From what I can glean, this is Villa Taina in Boquerón.
Here's a view of a villa:
http://www.vrbo.com/68077
And there are 2 aerial photos of the site here:
http://geology.uprm.edu/Morelock/GEOLOCN_/coast/pur.htm
Interesting... then what is this? Some sort of private retreat house?
Specifically, this is the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.
From http://www.dcwasa.com/about/facilities.cfm:
The Blue Plains AWTP is the largest advanced wastewater treatment facility of its type in the United States with a rated annual average day capacity if 370 million gallons per day and a peak wet weather capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day. While other...
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 transitions in this area are in desperate need of a PhotoShop brush-up.
Thanks for the correction, kai. Sorry that my é tripped you up.
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 experience for me as well... Sadly, almost every other thing I think of posting isn't thumbnail-genic enough, which is pretty shocking when you realize how low my standards are.
Looking forward to Fitz-GGTs-Paris...
BTW... I submitted the 7-11 HQ back on 7/11...
Octagons rule! Another esoteric topic that would make a great category.
Thanks K.J. ... I guess I didn't look quite hard enough...
Sweet shadow.
Go Wildcats!
Getting a face lift courtesy of Frank Gehry:
http://www.ago.net/transformation/new_building.cfm
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:
http://googleglobetrotting.com/info.php/mid/9785
How many stinkin' Nike sites were there anyway?
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 re-labeled? or is there something that gives this away as a 1st Air Combat Command site?
Hitting all the big milestones tonight, eh?
Lorton is in Virginia, although the prison is operated by the DC Dept. of Corrections.
The thumbnail specifically shows the Minimum Security Facility.
Did you save this one to be 2000th, or did you just submit it in the natural course of things?
Ah, even worse, April 10th 2003.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed.
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 odd...
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.
Well heck, that's worth a 10 in my book.
From the CIA Factbook:
Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Movement toward full independence was halted at Aruba's request in 1990.
Actually, I've got the same problem, hence all the Washington DC posts.
At your current rate of submission you should reach 1 million by...
umm... (whipping out calculator...)
May 28, 2123!
kjfitz = AlbinoFlea × 6
A story that truly speaks to the depths of the bittersweet human experience...
This is also where some of the lava footage was shot for the Msutafar scenes in Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith
Natural -- Glaciers
Events -- Movie Locations
I'd say it's definitely an inflatable; with the yellow shirt and hat, one can't help but think of Curious George character, the Man with the Yellow Hat, but I think he wore yellow pants as well.
It also appears that he is...
It's a big planet though. Plenty of interesting sites to go around... (although it's fairly slim pickings in WV for the time being)