Do you remember people talking about privacy concerns when satellite imaging gets to the point where it can pinpoint certain people from space? Well, hmm. Seems that Google Maps has very very close images of certain spaces and of course it's hard to tell if these are easter eggs or not. The camels with their masters in the first image are in the middle of Chad, the country in Africa. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, but apparently some have found the needles.
clipped from blog.outer-court.comSuper-Close Google Maps Zooms
Holy moly that is a close up zoom of a camel (see my screenshot above) – and it works for other place on Google Maps too! Yes, it turns out that you can zoom in much more deeply onto Google Maps by doing this:
- Select a location and switch to satellite view
- Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” at the top right
- Now replace the “z” parameter in the URL with a higher value, e.g. 20, 22, or 23, and wait. Some locations will now show more detailed imagery
The French Ecrans website and Geotrotter have more on this.
What fun images can you find? Please post screenshots.
Playing water ping pong.
It seems he’s looking into the camera, actually. This is a rare zoom level 23, almost (already?) creating privacy issues people joked about earlier.
Nobody’s in the Googleplex pool.
[Thanks Frank Fuchs!]
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