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... Read full story »

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