Google Earth community finds oddities in Chinese desert
Web July 21st, 2006
A post by the Register led me to a thread over at the Google Earth community detailing strange constructions in the Chinese desert. Among the weird facilities? A 700×900 meter (!) scale model of disputed territory between China and India, a runway complex that looks like a tiddlywinks game, and what appears to be a “munitions effectiveness” firing range.
If you’ve got Google Earth, these are a must-see:
The scale model overlayed on the actual landscape
‘Probability of Kill’ blast site
This is very cool, and a great example of low-level generation of information and discovery.
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