Africa (and Brazil) in Perspective

Africa (30,3 million km²) is larger than the combination of China (9,6 million km²), the US (9,4 million km²), Western Europe (4,9 million km²), India (3,2 million km²) and Argentina (2,8 million km²), three Scandinavian countries and the British Isles (map gives no surface for these last two areas; I’ve rounded out the figures for the aforementioned regions).

From here.

Google Sky

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Lost Islands of the Atlantic

Does anyone have any idea what these Islands are? Google maps doesn't label them! I can't find a resource that will tell me what's on a certain Latitude and Longitude. I don't have any Atlas here...

Island one.

Island two.

Thanks to BG

UPDATE: My friends Tsiemi and Bjarne got it for me. It's the Gough Island and Tristan da Cunha. Nothing like having sailor friends.

World Map Adjusted

By Area

By Population

More.

It's all about perspective.

Google Street Sightings

Patrick Norton of TWIT.

More sightings.

Google Launches Street View

Using Google Maps to Find Latitude and Longitude

How to get Latitude and Longitude from Google Maps

1) Go to http://maps.google.com/

2) Enter your address, or zip code, or airport code, or whatever you
wish to geocode.

3) click on a point a small distance from the marker (this is not always
necesary, but it never hurts).

4) click on the link that says ‘link to this page’ It is on the right
side, just above the upper right corner of the map.

5) The address bar (URL) will change. Copy the full link. For example:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=241+Florence+Ave,+Sebastopol,+CA\

&ll=38.407263,-122.828865&sp

6) The latitude and longitude are contained in those URL parameters. Look for this:
&ll=38.407263,-122.828865

7) The latitude is: 38.407263 and longitude: -122.828865

From Geocoder.us.

Google Maps + Wiki Mashup

Wikimapia is a Web 2.0 Google Maps + Wiki mash up. Basically a Geo-based wiki. Very cool, check it out.

Thanks to M. Batalha.