18th
September
2005
Google Maps Archaeology
posted in General |This is the most interesting thing I’ve seen all week. I had heard that a few privately-minded countries had objected to Google Maps because it showed current military bases and other secret information, but this was new. A computer programmer in Italy found a Roman Villa by looking at the satellite maps available on the site. He noticed a variation in the color of the fauna, and traced out some rectangular ruins. Neat stuff!
I’d link to his blog, but it’s in Italian. 
Go figure.
