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Krusader

09-22-2005, 03:14

Unsure where to post this, but Frontroom seemed most likely:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4267238.stm

Some Italian programmer used Google Earth to see his own hometown and ended up finding a Roman village. ~:)

Reverend Joe

09-22-2005, 03:21

Wow. Far out.

Google Earth isn't just the (suprisingly entertaining) waste of time that I thought it was.

ICantSpellDawg

09-22-2005, 04:11

check out the new national geographiv africa flyover

it is pretty gnarly

edyzmedieval

09-22-2005, 11:32

Wow.

Impressive. I now realize that Google Earth is not a waste of time. Who knows, I also might find some Dacian settlements. ~D

Big_John

09-22-2005, 15:55

do you guys know where this thing is? i tried looking at google earth to find it. i found this thing, is this the oval he's talking about? i don't see any rectangular features.

https://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1777/romanvilla6tl.th.jpg (https://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1777/romanvilla6tl.jpg)