Google Maps (8 bit edition)

[Aelon]

http://maps.google.com/?t=8&utm_campaign=8bit&utm_source=yt

Here are some interesting landmarks

Landmarks

Alcatraz

Angel of the North

Area 51

Ayers Rock, Australia

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

Buenos Aires Cabildo

Burj Al Arab

Burj Khalifa

Byodo-In Temple

Cathedral of Learning

Chichen Itza

CN Tower

Cristo Redentor, Rio de Janeiro

Daimonji

Eames House, Pacific Palisades

Easter Island Moai

Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysees, Louvre

Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, NYC

Faneuil Hall, Boston

Fernsehturm, Berlin

Gateway Arch, St. Louis

General Post Office, Dublin

Google HQ Android and T-Rex

Graceland

Great Wall of China

Hamamatsucho Train

Heinz Field (Steelers)

Himeji Castle

Hollywood Sign

Horyu-ji, Japan

Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

Japanese Cedar

John Hancock Tower, Boston

Kamakura Buddha

Kinkaku-ji Temple

Kyoto University Statue

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Loch Ness Monster

Loring Park, Minneapolis

Maiham Train

Martin Luther King Memorial

MIT

Monona Terrace, Madison WI

Montreal Biosphere and Habitat 67

Mt. Everest with a Climber

Mt. Fuji

Mt. Rushmore

Nagoya Castle

Naruto Strait Whirlpool

Nazca Lines, Peru

Nelson's Column, London

Obelisk of Buenos Aires

One Canada Square, Canary Wharf

Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai

Osaka Castle

Panda

Parthenon

Petronas Twin Towers

Pyramids and Sphinx

Roman Colosseum

Roppongi Tower (?)

Roswell UFO

San Francisco Ferry Building

Shibuya Hachiko Statue and Train

Space Needle

Statue of Liberty

Sutro Tower

Sydney Opera House

Table Mountain, South Africa

Taipei 101

Taj Mahal

Tech Tower, Georgia Tech

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

The Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral

Tokyo Sky Tree, Sensou-ji, Asahi Beer Hall

Tokyo Tower and Cherry Trees

Tower Bridge, Tate Modern

Tower Hall, San Jose State University

Unknown Japanese Building

Walking to the Sky, CMU

White House, Washington Monument, Panda

White Rhino

[Greenfield]

Cool. That's a lot of landmarks to find!

[Musky]

Are these coordinates to import into your Google Earth? I don't see a download, just link of a cartoon Google Earth page.

[Alphaeus]

Are these coordinates to import into your Google Earth? I don't see a download, just link of a cartoon Google Earth page.

Do you see a screen that looks like an old 8-bit Nintendo video game screen?

[Musky]

Are these coordinates to import into your Google Earth? I don't see a download, just link of a cartoon Google Earth page.

Do you see a screen that looks like an old 8-bit Nintendo video game screen?

Yes, so the locations listed were a joke? Duhhh LOL

[Alphaeus]

Are these coordinates to import into your Google Earth? I don't see a download, just link of a cartoon Google Earth page.

Do you see a screen that looks like an old 8-bit Nintendo video game screen?

Yes, so the locations listed were a joke? Duhhh LOL

Apparently it is a joke by Google, except that you can use it just like you would normally use Google Maps. Instead of the usual screen, you will see landmarks and directions in the form of an 8-bit NES screen. Try typing in Statue of Liberty at the top and see what happens...

[Musky]

I see now, Thanks Gary!

[Aelon]

Are these coordinates to import into your Google Earth? I don't see a download, just link of a cartoon Google Earth page.

Why do you need coordinates?

Here yeah go:

57.333378,-4.419765 - Loch Ness Monster

29.975392,31.134188 - Pyramids and Sphinx

51.495199,-0.14698 - Google Guys

47.670313,-122.195927 - Google Guys near Valve HQ

37.42165,-122.083247 - Google HQ, Google Guys, Android

37.421921,-122.083833 - Dinosaur Fossil, Google Guys, Android

51.500188,-0.140039 - Buckingham Palace

51.500269,-0.124385 - Big Ben

51.507615,-0.128398 - Nelson's Column

51.507127,-0.098786 - Tate Modern

51.506186,-0.074689 - Tower Bridge

37.236035,-115.8084 - Area 51

48.857801,2.295062 - Eiffel Tower

-33.860865,151.205778 - Sydney Opera House with Google Guys

35.342575,138.736725 - Mt. Fuji (may need to zoom out)

27.985022,86.912602 - Bigfoot (?)

38.895575,-77.028236 - Panda, Whitehouse, Google Guys, Needle

38.885797,-77.044845 - Martin Luther King Memorial Statue

30.354509,130.52702 - Big Tree near Yakushima, Yggdrasil?

54.913182,-1.588554 - Angel of the North

-27.125376,-109.365206 - Moai Statue

41.88918,12.496862 - Rome Colluseum

42.358607,-71.090931 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

42.36273,-71.087176 - Google Guys near to Massachusetts IoT

42.349894,-71.074687 - Trinity Church

42.359947,-71.056191 - Faneuil Hall Marketplace

-22.953019,-43.208885 - Christ the Redeemer

35.658726,139.700786 - Shibuya Station with a Bus and some sort of dog statue(?)

35.688638,139.698544 - Shinjuku Station with a Blue Slime

35.716631,139.769567 - Another Panda Bear, Bus near to Ueno (to the east)

33.395977,-104.492598 - UFO By Roswell, New Mexico

3.15832,101.713057 - Petronas Twin Towers (With Google Guys to the northeast)

35.781718,-115.662475 - Knight

35.610348,139.485855 - Metal Scorpion

54.989335,-3.138828 - Tiger enemy

51.61801,44.340788 - Bird/Worm Chimera

-12.929615,-73.791046 - Dragon

44.558796,-64.157324 - Another Dragon

48.709088,11.098251 - Stone Golem

46.178523,1.935997 - Scorpion

45.534972,1.478348 - Metal Slime

39.706394, -85.737991 - Robot

45.21252,148.240585 - Alien (?) enemy

35.370015,138.641624 - Ghost

51.727028,0.175769 - Wizard

52.120045,-8.635383 - Wizard with orange cloak

00.000000,0.000000 - Final Boss(es)?

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[Musky]

Thanks, I'll check them out. I have a zip file with a LOT of locations in it, haven't had much time to play with it though. I'll pick the ones that sound interesting!

[LoneWanderer]

Hahaha, very funny indeed for all us retro video game enthusiasts!

Thanks!