Google Maps: Insanely Detailed about Ground Zero?
Brooklyn, NY 2007-10-15T22:00:38Z
I was trolling around Google Maps this afternoon and noticed something odd about its building details for the WTC construction site, a/k/a Ground Zero. The building outlines they have for NYC are quite accurate, I don't know if they get them from the Department of Buildings or a clutch of gnomes riding around in Prii measuring the dimensions. But I think they've either gone overboard or just have a glitch in their tiles for the former 10248 zip code:
It appears that Google are now displaying the construction trailers dotting the WTC site (though if they're that accurate I'd expect a better job showing the temporary PATH station).
Update: I have no idea what the gray blobs are in the images (perhaps inserted by the demo copy of Pixelmator I used?)
Here's an embedded Google Map which may or may not show what I am writing about depending on various things in the URL which I don't understand:
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preed added:
Yup, looks to be construction trailers if you switch to the satellite view. Now that's just silly if you ask me.
…Tuesday, 16 October 2007 2:21 GMT 2007-10-16T02:21:40Z
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added:
Weirder, I also notice that while the image is copyrighted 2007, it's clearly from 2005 or earlier. The Goldman Sachs building at Vesey & West is almost topped out now (not a parking lot) and there's a pedestrian bridge over West at Vesey that's missing in the satellite shot.
…Tuesday, 16 October 2007 2:31 GMT 2007-10-16T02:31:40Z