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stcraftie59
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18 years ago 0 
HerZilla has some Awesome posts. Hermann could probably fill this thread.
bio2935c
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18 years ago 0 
re HerZilla's airplanes:

Personally I would not have tagged something which is not a PLACE. This is a recording of an EVENT, which has been given 15 minutes of fame by Google. When Google updates their images, the tags will just be confusing, at best.

But people seem to want to mark these kinds of transients ... so what can we do to help us locate them and delete them when their time has passed? Can we suggest that something be added to the description, or make a special tag (I mean the "tag" field here) for them, or ...?

Does anyone have a suggestion that might actually work (ie: that the taggers are actually likely to follow)?
HerZilla
Joined: 16/07/07
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18 years ago 0 
re bio2935c

All places in Wikimapia are events. Some of them take seconds, and the others live years, centuries, millions of years.

It is always possible to delete existing tags.
mrdobolino
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18 years ago 0 
Thinking for example of docked military vessels, which have an extremely devoted (not to say fanatical) following, we can comfortably rely on those devotees to delete their placetags when the maps are updated and the ships are no longer where they were. But who can we count on to delete ephemera like airplane movements?
bio2935c
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18 years ago 0 
That was my point. Thank you mrdobolino.

My own rule for tagging is that if I can't go there and see what the tag is showing then I don't tag it. But I'm conceding defeat. This is not a fight I can win. People will tag these, um, "things".

All I am looking for now is some way to help us find these in the future. Hopefully something better than just stumbling across them.
khochchore
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18 years ago 0 
Here is an interesting place of INDIA.A rare unique technology.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=21.15837&;lon=79.08982&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=21.15837&; ... =0&m=s&v=2<!-- m -->
RAINGOD
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18 years ago 0 
Mars: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.google.com/mars/">www.google.com/mars/<;!-- m -->
Anonymous1
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18 years ago 0 
RAINGOD, that was cool.
RAINGOD
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18 years ago 0 
You think THAT was cool? Take a look at the new Google Map X-ray layer. See inside buildings!

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=1864&;c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=38.871089%2C-77.05582&z=17&kml=googlesightseeing.com/wp-content/aprilfools/xray.kml">googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=186 ... s/xray.kml<!-- m -->

<Better late than never - wink wink, nudge nudge>
RAINGOD
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18 years ago 0 
[Note: The previous link is not forum friendly. You'll have to click on the "X-ray" link after you get there.]
Aytek
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18 years ago 0 
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="wikimapia.org/#lat=37.685383&;lon=33.640394&z=14&l=2&m=a&v=2">wikimapia.org/#lat=37.685383&;lon ... =2&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
B3Fiend
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18 years ago 0 
The "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" house: (where the 1970's low-budget cult-classic horror movie was filmed)

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="wikimapia.org/#lat=30.660203&;lon=-98.437157&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/7716675/hr/">wikimapia.org/#lat=30.660203&;lon ... 716675/hr/<!-- m -->
Omar_ok1978
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18 years ago 0 
Ancient Roman theater in Bosra
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=32.51671&;lon=36.483364&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/photo.php%02id%017734049%00lng%01en">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=32.51671&; ... 00lng%01en<!-- m -->
Aytek
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18 years ago 0 
excuse me, but what kind of a swimming pool is this??? LOL

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=41.02146&;lon=29.007753&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=41.02146&; ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
pitr
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18 years ago 0 
A keyhole to open the door to some secret underground area?
ArnoutSteenhoek
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18 years ago 0 
It's a spa for people who are immune for viagra.
Martin67
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18 years ago 0 
"A keyhole to open the door to some secret underground area?"
Nice metaphor Pit :-) Ha! Ha !
Anjinsama
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18 years ago 0 
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=29.228796&;lon=-145.634708&z=19&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/1326623/">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=29.228796 ... =/1326623/<!-- m -->
Avast!
Anjinsama
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18 years ago 0 
Check mate.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=30.845353&;lon=-91.614304&z=12&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=30.845353 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
Anjinsama
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18 years ago 0 
sorry wrong link but that one is neat too.
this is checkmate.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=31.058228&;lon=-91.610527&z=12&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/6723175/Check_Mate">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=31.058228 ... Check_Mate<!-- m -->
Anjinsama
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18 years ago 0 
Man I am not skilled at forum work.Check the polygon on checkmate not the entry.It is a pointless entry but I thought it was funny.
forrestgumprock
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18 years ago 0 
Happy people on tanks! <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.808695&;lon=-118.227417&z=18&l=28&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=33.808695 ... 28&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
forrestgumprock
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18 years ago 0 
Home of American underdog!:www.wikimapia.org/#lat=39.990028&lon=-75.123816&z=19&l=...

Then Adrina Home well one of those are:www.wikimapia.org/#lat=39.992172&lon=-75.125349&z=19&l=...

Then Micky's Gym and J&M tropical Fish next door where Adrian worked:www.wikimapia.org/#lat=39.982867&lon=-75.132564&z=19&l=...
forrestgumprock
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18 years ago 0 
One small step for man one hey wait a minute!: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=39.957736&;lon=-75.173492&z=20&l=28&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=39.957736 ... 28&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
ArnoutSteenhoek
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18 years ago 0 
Tanks can be happy themselves as well....
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="wikimapia.org/#lat=50.42647&;lon=30.564249&z=18&l=0&m=h&v=2">wikimapia.org/#lat=50.42647&;lon= ... =0&m=h&v=2<!-- m -->
forrestgumprock
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18 years ago 0 
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=-49.474918&;lon=70.074674&z=18&l=28&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=-49.47491 ... 28&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->

Speaks for itself there.
RAINGOD
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18 years ago 0 
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=52.518845&;lon=13.358425&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=52.518845 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->

"Miss Klaus, deliver this to office ZZZ-26, then come back here to 1-A directly. Schnell!"
Terek
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18 years ago 0 
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=46.531011&;lon=10.464478&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/7772109/48_Hairpin_Turns_Upper">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=46.531011 ... urns_Upper<!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=46.531011&;lon=10.464478&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/7772315/48_Hairpin_Turns_Middle">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=46.531011 ... rns_Middle<!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=46.532724&;lon=10.478275&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/7772471/48_Hairpin_Turns_Lower">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=46.532724 ... urns_Lower<!-- m -->

How many turns are there? Only 48....
RAINGOD
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18 years ago 0 
Ahhh... this would explain Italian cars. :-)
formulanone
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18 years ago 0 
Oops! I left the sink faucet running when I went on vacation:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=28.885281&;lon=-81.32479&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=28.885281 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
PA3DSS
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18 years ago 0 
Funny polygones before the coast of Delaware US: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=38.781922&;lon=-74.577942&z=10&l=26&m=h&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=38.781922 ... 26&m=h&v=2<!-- m -->
forrestgumprock
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18 years ago 0 
Opened if New Orleans is threatend with flooding and the levees cant hold it back:wikimapia.org/#lat=30.031204&lon=-90.410786&z=13&l=0&m=...

opened yesterday
seafordian
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18 years ago 0 
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=39.019017&;lon=-76.386834&z=17&l=0&m=h&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=39.019017 ... =0&m=h&v=2<!-- m -->

Reflecting plane (courtesy of stcraftie59)
RAINGOD
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18 years ago 0 
Sealand: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.894927&;lon=1.482811&z=13&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/1808967/">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.894927 ... =/1808967/<!-- m -->

You can't see it on the map, but it's an interesting place to read about.
stcraftie59
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18 years ago 0 
They rebuild tanks here. Zoom in, you can see tank parts laying around. A track to the west for exhibitions.

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=50.731233&;lon=-1.303639&z=16&l=0&m=h&v=2&show=/7820206/Military_Museum_Isle_of_Wight">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=50.731233 ... e_of_Wight<!-- m -->
dikbrijs
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18 years ago 0 
Not really interesting (just sunlight reflected by a window), but a beautiful picture though:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.930538&;lon=4.252157&z=19&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.930538 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
Terek
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18 years ago 0 
Although not really in any map detail (none in fact), this site is quite interesting:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.769433&;lon=-10.531597&z=13&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/7861454/Skellig_Michael_Sceilig_Mhich%C3%ADl">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.769433 ... ich%C3%ADl<!-- m -->

Basically a 230 meter high sea-stack, which supported a small monastery for at least 600 years. How the monks managed to survive in this place is beyond me. Although thousands of seabirds (mainly Gannet, Cormorants and Manx Shearwaters) breed in summer they are absent during the winter and there is no flat ground to grow crops. It is a UNESCO site and can be visited in summer in good weather.

Zooming in on the nearby Little Skellig (North East), hundreds of Gannets can be seen flying around.
bard
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18 years ago 0 
Here is an interesting...uh...something.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=38.5647&;lon=54.2142&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=38.5647&;l ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
Anonymous1
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18 years ago 0 
bard: "Here is an interesting...uh...something."
Volcano?
stcraftie59
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18 years ago 0 
Don't you know a purple mud bath when you see one? ;o)
B3Fiend
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18 years ago 0 
Some names just don't translate well into english :o)

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="wikimapia.org/#lat=29.750877&;lon=79.397351&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/7468475/hi/Hari_Butt_Home">wikimapia.org/#lat=29.750877&;lon ... _Butt_Home<!-- m -->
B3Fiend
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18 years ago 0 
I hope "Satan" is an Indian name, or is this "Hell on Earth" ?? :o)

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=22.739902&;lon=86.255899&z=18&l=0&m=h&v=2&show=/1335391/">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=22.739902 ... =/1335391/<!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=22.739902&;lon=86.255899&z=18&l=0&m=h&v=2&show=/2534039/Satan_s_New_Land">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=22.739902 ... s_New_Land<!-- m -->
seafordian
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18 years ago 0 
Satan is cultivating souls for his collection :-P
Terek
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18 years ago 0 
A truly weird "Interesting Place":

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.984504&;lon=-8.244649&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2&show=/7932609/">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.984504 ... =/7932609/<!-- m -->

I can't quite figure out how the shadow turned out to be far more detailed than the actual object. Or is it an overlay of two separate events?
andreykor
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18 years ago 0 
One more interesting plane near Frankfurt Airport: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=50.051655&;lon=8.615041&z=15&l=1&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=50.051655 ... =1&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
RAINGOD
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18 years ago 0 
Terek,

Planes in flight usually appear with a double image like that. I've always wondered why. Here's a few more:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=35.555814&;lon=-83.571131&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=35.555814 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=35.657449&;lon=140.452076&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=35.657449 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=37.407205&;lon=126.510449&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=37.407205 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=37.333602&;lon=126.562656&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=37.333602 ... =0&m=a&v=2<!-- m -->
bio2935c
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18 years ago 0 
Hey those are really wonderfully interesting places! The next time I'm in the area I'm going to go to those places and look at all those shadows and multiple jetliners myself. Maybe I'll take some photos and post them even. Stay tuned!
Jabir99
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18 years ago 0 
Would you call this - an interesting place?
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.wikimapia.org/#lat=52.315353&;lon=4.857416&z=14&l=0&m=h&v=2&show=/906687/%02bigphoto%01249164%00uid%010">www.wikimapia.org/#lat=52.315353 ... %00uid%010<!-- m -->
eka_subyantara
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18 years ago 0 
Ha ha ha .... I can't help my self ..... Hi hi hi ...
PA3DSS
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18 years ago 0 
hahaha Eka, i wish you succes :)
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