GEH is proud to release our Top 10 list of the best things about Google Earth

Mickey · 09-28-2006, 08:30 PM

Go check it out and let us know what you think. If you're feeling good, Digg it for us too.

Let us know what you think.

Thanks!

Mickey

JerryCan · 10-03-2006, 11:48 AM

One of the best things to do in Google Earth is find weird stuff:

Photo at the Register

Google Earth forum: Huangyangtan Mystery Landscape

That's the place in the middle of the desert where the Chinese Army has constructed a scale-model replica of the entire region of Aksai Chin (occupied by China since the 1962 war with India). At 1:500, it's still 700 by 900 meters big ( = several football fields). Next to it is a base with dozens of troop transporters seen coming and going. The duplicate shows everything: rivers, lakes, roads and snow-capped mountains. It's basically a landscape within a landscape.

The problem is that nobody has been able to figure out the function of this thing. The world's biggest miniature golf course, perhaps? China's own Area 51? That's why it's the subject of so much discussion in the blogosphere.

Any ideas?

Captain Hornblower · 10-03-2006, 01:43 PM

The photo link doesn't work....

Mickey · 10-03-2006, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Hornblower

The photo link doesn't work....

I just fixed it for him.

james84 · 11-04-2006, 07:54 PM

I love flying and looking at the world from the air!
GE has been a great discover for me, and the 10th feature listed, Find your house, is the best for me!

BradG7 · 11-04-2006, 11:49 PM

We're happy to hear that, welcome to GEH and we hope you enjoy the file section and forum.

09-28-2006, 08:30 PM	#1
Mickey Administrator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,327	GEH is proud to release our Top 10 list of the best things about Google Earth Go check it out and let us know what you think. If you're feeling good, Digg it for us too. Let us know what you think. Thanks! Mickey

10-03-2006, 11:48 AM	#2
JerryCan Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1	One of the best things to do in Google Earth is find weird stuff: Photo at the Register Google Earth forum: Huangyangtan Mystery Landscape That's the place in the middle of the desert where the Chinese Army has constructed a scale-model replica of the entire region of Aksai Chin (occupied by China since the 1962 war with India). At 1:500, it's still 700 by 900 meters big ( = several football fields). Next to it is a base with dozens of troop transporters seen coming and going. The duplicate shows everything: rivers, lakes, roads and snow-capped mountains. It's basically a landscape within a landscape. The problem is that nobody has been able to figure out the function of this thing. The world's biggest miniature golf course, perhaps? China's own Area 51? That's why it's the subject of so much discussion in the blogosphere. Any ideas? Last edited by Mickey; 10-03-2006 at 01:54 PM. Reason: Fixed his photo link

10-03-2006, 01:43 PM	#3
Captain Hornblower Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Koblenz, Germany Posts: 1,903	The photo link doesn't work.... __________________ Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e., it always increases. Norman R. Augustine

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BradG7 WMU Aviator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clay, Michigan Posts: 1,027	We're happy to hear that, welcome to GEH and we hope you enjoy the file section and forum. __________________ Remember what movie these are from? I bet you don't! "You do well in school?"---"Yeah"---"Good, so did I, that's what they call a paradox" "How's your mother?"---"Oh... I'm afraid she's on her way out."---"We all are. Act accordingly."

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11-04-2006, 07:54 PM	#5
james84 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6	I love flying and looking at the world from the air! GE has been a great discover for me, and the 10th feature listed, Find your house, is the best for me!