2022
Hello Local Guides,
I feel that we can have a topic as above as we find lot of interesting news about Google Maps and everyone can share their findings under this, so everyone benefits by reading them.
Let me share an interesting news I found today.
Lost cemetery found thanks to Google maps and a box of keys.
A lost cemetery in the middle of a Devon city has been opened up for the first time in centuries after a complaint from a neighbour about overgrown trees.
The holy ground which is the final resting place of people who lived and died 300 years ago had been locked up and forgotten about, until a caretaker used Google Maps to track down the missing plot, and dug through an old box of keys to find one that would let him in.
Jerry Sibley, custodian of Plymouth Synagogue, has now cut back much of the overgrown vegetation, and the cemetery is welcoming visitors keen to find their ancestors.The old Jewish cemetery is hidden behind high stone walls on Lambhay Hill in Plymouth, in the shadow of the Royal Citadel.
Read more : http://m.devonlive.com/lost-cemetery-found-thanks-to-google-maps-and-a-box-of-keys/story-30350913-de...
The notion of a landscape photograph might conjure up the most exciting emotions in people. Sure, the photographs may be striking and beautiful, but the works often rely on familiar techniques that have been around for years. Or decades. Or millennia.
However, having an eye in the sky not only allows an artist the opportunity to scout locations in a new way, but also to create shots that turn the convention of landscapes and nature photography on its head. To that end, Turkish artist Aydın Büyüktaş armed himself with two powerful weapons afforded by modern technology: Google Maps and drones. Using a broad foundation of experiences in visual effects, 3-D animation, and video, he sought to capture America in a way no one has seen before.
Hundreds of tourists directed to nondescript Norwegian village thanks to Google Maps gaffe
Residents of a quiet village in Norway have been inundated with tourists thanks to an error on Google Maps, local media reports. According to Stavanger Aftenbald, tourists seeking the famous Preikestolen cliffs have instead been sent to the village of Fossmork, which is 20 miles away, on the other side of a fjord.
