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Welcome back to the all new Google Earth Friday!

This became somewhat of a forgotten feature on Southanuk but has returned for your viewing pleasure.

The rules are still the same, new place, every Friday. Just download the file below and save it to your “My Places” in Google Earth and check back here on a Friday. You don’t have to download the file every week, it will automatically update at the end of the week.

So without further a-do;

tagzaniapaste

Yes its the Winter Olympics!

Team GB are doing their best out there and currently have… 1! very shiny gold medal……

The selected venue of choice is the main stadium of the Winter Games in Vancouver, BC Place. Here is the obligatory Wikipedia quote:

BC Place is a multipurpose stadium and Canada’s first domed arena. BC Place is the largest air-supported stadium in the world. It is located on the north side of False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia.

[Wikipedia]

Looks like they have had a few problems with the roof and that but it looks very nice indeed. Check it out in 3D in Google Earth as well as some of the other Olympic Venues.

Download the file – (Only once! It will update every Friday)

Make sure you have Google Earth

GEF: Five-in-one Madness!

Hey people this week we have 5 updates! (to make up for it)

Commonweath games 06
The 2006 Commonwealth Games are currently being held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26. It is the largest sporting event ever to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Huge meteor crater in the sahara
Boston University researcher has discovered a huge crater created by a meteorite strike in the Sahara Desert that measures 19 miles across. His discovery could answer some questions about a major geological mystery.

Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
Saint Peter and Paul Rocks (Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo in Portuguese) are about 12 tiny volcanic rock islands about 950 km northeast of Natal, Brazil.

Iriomote island Iriomote (Iriomote-jima) is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself.

Noah’s Arc?
It could be

File to download: (only needed once, it will update automaticaly every friday)
click here to download the file (you will need google earth)

GEF: Torino

This week its…. Torino

Turin (Italian: Torino; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. The population of Turin city is 908,000 (2004 census), but with its metropolitan area totals about 1.7 million inhabitants. The province is one of the largest in Italy, with 6,830 square kilometres (2,637 sq. mi), and one of the most populous, with 2,236,941 inhabitants at the 2004 census. Turin is currently hosting the 2006 Winter Olympics. Turin is also well-known as the home of the shroud of Turin.

File to download: (only needed once, it will update automaticaly every friday)
click here to download the file (you will need google earth)

GEF: Bill Gate’s House + PSP site

Double whammy tonight

Since i wont be here on friday, ill make the post now

This week its…. Bill Gate’s House

William Henry “Bill” Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman, and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the world’s largest computer software company. According to Forbes magazine, Gates is not only America’s wealthiest person, but he is also the richest person in the world for the last 10 years, with a net worth of approximately US$51 billion, as of September 2005^[5].

File to download: (only needed once, it will update automaticaly every friday)
click here to download the file (you will need google earth)

Also….

I have just uploaded the finished psp site

If you navigate to southanuk on a psp, you will be redirected to the psp site.

Enjoy

GEF: Microsoft’s HQ

This week its…. Microsoft’s HQ

A number of companies in the high-tech industry are based in Redmond. The largest employer in the city by far is Microsoft Corporation, with over 22,000 full-time workers and more than 8 million square feet (750,000 square meters) of office space.

File to download: (only needed once, it will update automaticaly every friday)
click here to download the file (you will need google earth)

GEF: Sealand

This week its…. Sealand

The Principality of Sealand is a micronation (a self-declared but unrecognised state-like entity) that claims as its territory Roughs Tower, a former Maunsell Sea Fort located in the North Sea 10 Â km (six Â miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England, as well as territorial waters in a twelve-nautical-mile radius. Sealand is occupied by the family and associates of Paddy Roy Bates. The population of the facility rarely exceeds five, and its inhabitable area is 550 Â m ².

File to download: (only needed once, it will update automaticaly every friday)
click here to download the file (you will need google earth)

GEF: The Isle of Wight

This week its….. The Needles off the Isle of Wight File to download: (only needed once, it will update automaticaly every friday) click here to download the file (you will need google earth)

GEF: Lost Set

This week its….. The Lost set

Lost is an American drama/adventure television series surrounding the survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious tropical island in the South Pacific.

File to download: (only needed once, it will update automaticaly every friday)
click here to download the file (you will need google earth)

GEF: John F. Kennedy Space Centre