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I was surfing Google maps a bit and I'm amazed what level of detail there is for the satellite pics of certain cities. Since I'm going to Rome in August I present you some pics of it here (do another zoom+ for best detail):

Old Rome (Coloseum and forum romanum):

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rome&ll=41.8...10664&t=k&hl=en

Pantheon:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rome&ll=41.8...10664&t=k&hl=en

Vatican:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rome&ll=41.9...10664&t=k&hl=en

Circus Maximus:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=rome&ll=41.8...10664&t=k&hl=en

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Hey, I was just in Rome 48 hours ago! I love google maps, I can clearly see my house and everywhere in my neighborhood. It's great.

Definately check out St. Peters. In my opinion, when you go to Rome, the Colisseum/Forum and St. Peters are the big two things to see. After that, there is the Pantheon, the "four major basilicas", and a bunch of fountains and squares, like Trevi and Navana. Some pretty sweet stuff. Have fun Klaas!

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Hey, I was just in Rome 48 hours ago!  I love google maps, I can clearly see my house and everywhere in my neighborhood.  It's great.

Definately check out St. Peters.  In my opinion, when you go to Rome, the Colisseum/Forum and St. Peters are the big two things to see.  After that, there is the Pantheon, the "four major basilicas", and a bunch of fountains and squares, like Trevi and Navana.  Some pretty sweet stuff.  Have fun Klaas!

Cool :)

Well I've been in Rome already so I've seen most of the known areas. My gf has never been there though, so I'll have to show her everything first. But since I'm staying in Rome for 8 days I'm planning to do some of the lesser known things, but no idea what though. Any suggestions? :P

What impressed me most was St. Peters. Really insane how huge it is, simply overwhelming. Oh, and all those nice and cheap restaurants; I'm saving up much dough to make this trip a culinary feast (y)

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Man, I could live on Italian food. Real pizza, tons of pastas, the best ice cream in the world... mmmmmm :P

Well there's about a zillion churches in rome, and I went to what seemed like an awful lot, and I'm not really sure how well known they all are, but my favorite besides St. Peters Basilica was called (still is called) St. Paul outside the Walls or something of that sort. It's very quiet and peaceful, and the interior is mostly white and gold- its absolutely stunning. Such an idyllic contrast to the hot busy Roman streets outside, it's very nice. Theres a plaza- Navana, I think, where I ate lunch one day. It's great to just sit in a Cafe there for a few hours, order some Italian food :) and watch the locals, tourists, street vendors and musicians and all. There are some sweet fountains there too. The statues of Rome are generally very impressive overall, but I'm sure you've seen the Pieta (the best there is), and maybe the Trevi fountain. There's a small church, Santa Maria della Vittoria, that contains another beautful statue- St. Theresa in Ecstasy. It's really stunning. It was carved by Bellini, who also did the Navana fountain.

It's always fun to see the pope too! Did you know he owns two mercedes? Hahaha it's funny if you think about it- no vows of poverty for his order, although I don't think he is an order priest anyways...

There's also a burial site of 500,000 Romans and Christians buried between 100 and 500 AD that's four stories tall. Why have you never seen it? Because it's all underground! IT's awesome, they have tours that are quite enjoyable. It's called the Catacombs of St. Callisto, I think.

If you want to be another judge, the word on the street is the best pizza in Rome is Al Marmi pizza. But don't take my word for it... go there yourself (and go early if you go, it gets crowded like you wouldn't believe).

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I've never seemed to find good satellite pics of our house anywhere.... :)

I seem to remember reading about Google driving trucks with lasers mapping a 3d map of San Francisco. Too lazy to go get the article on slashdot.

Google maps also seems to have good satellite pics of Detroit. For fun, we were looking for the hotel we were staying in for a math contest, so we looked at Detroit maps.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=renaissance+...10664&t=k&hl=en

(We stayed in the middle tower in that group of 5.)

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Check this out. I found the Hollywood sign. Look at the top of the mountain and you can see the letters because the satellite wasn't directly above them:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Los+Angeles&...10664&t=k&hl=en

The Golden Gate Bridge:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisc...10664&t=k&hl=en

Alcatraz Island:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Francisc...10664&t=k&hl=en

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