[LINK] More with google maps - Uluru and Great Wall

[Kim Holburn]

On 2007/May/02, at 10:40 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> If you ever wondered how really big Uluru is, have a look at this:
> <http://maps.google.com/maps? 
> f=d&hl=en&saddr=Melbourne&daddr=Sydney&sll=45.39845,-35.859375&sspn=25 
> . 
> 474172,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=-22.289096,137.779541&spn=2.099106,5.14160 
> 2&t=k&z=8&om=1>
> then zoom out. You can keep it in view from a couple clicks out.
>
> Took a long time to find the great wall of China. I don't know what  
> they're talking about when they say they can spot it from space.  
> Maybe a 747 height....
> <http://maps.google.com/maps? 
> f=d&hl=en&saddr=Melbourne&daddr=Sydney&sll=45.39845,-35.859375&sspn=25 
> . 
> 474172,82.265625&ie=UTF8&ll=28.824523,121.005821&spn=0.062112,0.160675 
> &t=k&z=13&om=1>

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0301/feature1/
There's a low-res map of the great wall on the page.
>
> From google maps if you can't get the links to work.
>
> Jan
>
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