Karl's Maze in Purkshof, Germany. Since 1921?

As seen from Google Maps.

Check out my article about Corn Field Mazes, including info about people using them as advertisements.

「為了2006世足賽趕工」：歐洲第一大火車站--德國柏林中央車站

It is now Europe's largest two-level railway station

歷時十年建造，斥資7億歐元，為迎接世足賽在德國舉辦，於2006年5月趕工完成。共有八個月台，負責每天1800車次載運三十五萬人的運輸量。

佔地16萬4千平方公尺，位於施普河畔(River Spree)、正對著德國司法院與國會前方；落成後，許多列車，包括從巴黎到莫斯科以及從斯德哥爾摩通往維也納的鐵路都將在此轉運、接駁，為歐洲最大的火車站。

該車站擁有開放式寬闊的空間與自然採光，即使是位於地下樓層的月台，也明亮、潔淨

月台屋頂由半圓形玻璃與鋼骨結構打造，每片一平方公尺的玻璃共九千多片，使得月台能夠得到幾乎透明的採光效果，同時增加了施工的難度。兩旁的雙子星高達14層辦公大樓結構，橫跨了整個車站玻璃屋頂，更是施工過程中重大挑戰。

「參考資料」

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof

earth.google.com/

National Geographic Channel 偉大工程巡禮III－柏林火車站

「photos in flickr」

快來看看Flickr上的照片

I was looking up traffic counts on the Chicago Traffic Tracker website and saw that the Halsted Street bridge over the Chicago River just north of Chicago Avenue is missing. It's shown as a gray line with the text "Halsted Street (planned)".

This is not the most accurate message. The west side sidewalk is still open to foot and bicycle transportation, as I pointed out in my Grid Chicago article, The Halsted Passage. I wonder how it got in there.

I'll report this as a problem, but I'm wary of it actually being updated to show that people on foot can still cross the river here. I've used Google Maps's Map Maker tool once, and I didn't like the experience. My correctly-made adjustment of a street was questioned and I was asked to revert my change. I refused and eventually my change was approved... because it was correct. I guess that someone used Map Maker to (incorrectly) modify the street at this part. This street segment in Map Maker should be designated something close to a "pedestrian walkway" instead of a bridge for automobile, bus, and bicycle traffic.

The Google Maps walking directions for walking from Division Street to Chicago Avenue don't show the option of using the sidewalk, which is entirely possible (I did it again this week).

Cross-posted to Steven Can Plan.

Google Maps Product Manager gives an overview of the new Google Maps API features.

The title of each photo in this series is a translated line from a poem found in the Chapel of Bones. See the full poem in the original language here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capela_dos_Ossos#Poem .

From our tour guide - the Franciscan monks who used the bones of approximately 5000 corpses, built this to send a message to the nobles that in death, no one can tell the difference between the rich and the poor, royal or common.

A highly regarded real ale pub on Morrison Street, Edinburgh famed for good beer, friendly atmosphere and pies.

And holy shit, try the zoom!

Hmm...

Could this be the guy in the USPS cycling gear from the googlemaps screen capture I called 'flat tire dude'?

1" buttons of the Google Map Icon

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Google maps image of the coast off Southern Italy showing brightly colored spots (or sparkles) in the water. What is producing these colored spots?

See: www.google.com/maps/@39.7979449,18.3549182,224a,35y,147.2...

This is for the Memory Maps group using Google Maps...

I grew up on the East Side of Toledo, Ohio (Utah Street), not far from the Maumee River, and with a pretty clear view of downtown.

The I-280 bridge towards the top was originally named after Toledo's first casualty in the Korean War. At some point (mid 70s, I think) some Federal bureaucrat came in and told the city that they couldn't name an interstate bridge because it was Federal property. I'm pretty sure that years later that was changed and that the bridge is now named after Martin Luther King, Jr.

Just north of the South End bridge is a railroad trestle from which Juice Box took a photo from an Amtrak train.

The Anthony Wayne Bridge, as well as the Anthony Wayne Trail (which isn't attached to the bridge in any way) were named after "Mad" Anthony Wayne. There was a playground underneath the bridge that we spent a lot of time at as kids. We also climbed into the bridge's structure once in a while (avoiding mucho, mucho pigeon shit!)... once, I climbed a drain pipe (that ran from the bridge's road surface) and as I was about to step over to the bridge's concrete base, I fell about ten feet (or more) and landed flat on my back. Fortunately, I only had the wind knocked out of me. Well, that and the desire to climb the bridge again!

this guy was such a sweetie- he said googlemaps was looking for a signal.

Tatton Park is a historic estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall; a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall; Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a deer park of 2,000 acres. It is a popular visitor attraction and hosts over a hundred events annually. The estate is owned by the National Trust and is managed under lease by Cheshire East Council. Since 1999, it has hosted North West England's annual Royal Horticultural Society flower show.

Ok, not very glamour, but if you see this thing in the streets, then your neighbourhood is probably photographied for Googlemaps.

Seen in Ostend, Belgium, the car is Italian.

(The origin of the car, the brand not yet, or maybe, or...I don't know...)

Last Night's Checkins gives a heat map of all the places you've ever checked in on Foursquare. What does this one say about me?

The part of Foursquare that I've become most enamored with lately is this ability to create a lifestream of places. Can you imagine if you had all of this data from your teen or college years? This would be amazing to mashup over long periods of time.

I'm going to build a stupid simple Foursquare app that emails you the places you checked in one or two years ago on this day.

Finger maze in Hove Park in the UK -- an art piece created by artist Chris Drury.

The thumbprint is constructed from York stone inlayed into the turf.

See also my other Coolest Google Maps Pics!