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Google Earth Knows Its ABCs

By Erika Solomon,  Newser User

Posted Apr 24, 2009 12:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – From an A-shaped street crossing to a building in the form of a Z, an Australian man has spelled out the alphabet using Google Earth. Rhett Dashwood spent 6 months painstakingly scanning satellite images of his native state, Victoria, and found buildings or geographical landmarks in the shape of all 26 letters, reports the Telegraph.

Dashwood, a graphic designer, says he didn’t manipulate or even rotate any of the pictures. “There were no short cuts to finding them, but I did sense patterns emerging the further I searched which helped to guide how long I spent looking in particular areas." He says the trickiest letters to find were those where diagonal lines meet other lines, such as K, R, W, and Z.

No cheating! Dashwood says no images were manipulated or rotated.
No cheating! Dashwood says no images were manipulated or rotated.
Each letter is from natural or architectural landmarks.
Each letter is from natural or architectural landmarks.
Dashwood  finished his ABCs in 6 months.
Dashwood finished his ABCs in 6 months.   (Google Earth)
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Mr.C
Apr 25, 2009 10:49 AM CDT
Nah, graphic designers are suppose to live this way - it is this obsession with patters, lines, and composition that makes them so darn good at what they do.

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