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A great resource for homework assignments, finding a map of the local area, or seeing if you can find
the Nazca Lines in Peru (location below) ... Enjoy!

 

If you find something of interest, share the location with us and I'll post it here. Click Here to contact me with your discovery!

Interesting destinations to test out:

NORTH AMERICA

Gateway to the West Arch
St. Louis, Missouri

Lat: 38° 37' 29.6" N
Long: 90° 11' 5.3 " W
(provided by Carl Pirner)

Area 51, Groom lake, Nevada
Lat: 37° 14' 37" N
Long: 115° 48' 37" W

Mysterious green dots in
the middle of nowhere, Nevada

Lat: 37° 38' 56" N
Long: 115° 47' 53" W

Meteor Crater, Arizona
LAT 35 ° 1' 38.3" N
LON 111 ° 1' 17.2 " W

Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, NY
Lat: 40 ° 41' 21.1 " N
Long: 74 ° 2' 40.6 " W
(provided by Cristian Villalon)

Mt. Rushmore, SD
LAT 43 ° 52' 44.3" N
LON 103 ° 27' 35.0" W
(provided by Paul McDonald)

Sears Tower, Chicago, Ill
LAT 41° 52' 43.7" N
LON 87° 38' 8.8" W
(provided by Paul McDonald)

Hoover Dam, NV & AZ
LAT 36° 0' 57.2" N
LON 114° 44' 16.5" W
(provided by Paul McDonald)

Las Vegas Strip, NV @ Bellagio Fountains
LAT 36° 6' 46.5" N
LON 115° 10' 27.6" W
(provided by Paul McDonald)

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA
LAT 37° 48' 38.8" N
LON 122° 28' 39.1" W

Alcatraz Island, CA
LAT 37° 49' 36.1" N
LON 122° 25' 23.0" W
(provided by Paul McDonald)

LUECKE from space
LAT 30° 5' 2.6 " N
LON 97 ° 8' 26.5" W
(provided by Dan Mendez)

SOUTH AMERICA

Nazca Lines (space man), Peru
Lat: 14° 44' 42.9 " S
Long: 75° 4' 47.1 " W

Nazca Lines (condor), Peru
Lat: 14° 41' 51.4 " S
Long: 75° 7' 35.4 " W

Piramid of Teotihuacan - Mexico
LAT 19° 41' 32.9" N
LON 98° 50' 37.9" W
(provided by Michele Battaglino)

Locks of Miraflores Panama Canal
LAT 8° 59' 47 N
LON 79° 35' 30' W
(provided by Michele Battaglino)

Machu Pichu, Peru
Lat: 13° 9' 48" S
Long: 72° 32' 45" W
(provided by Michele Battaglino)

Christ of the Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lat: 22 ° 57' 5.6 " S
Long: 43 ° 12' 38.7 " W
(provided by Emanuele Battaglino)


 

EUROPE

The Coliseum, Rome, Italy
Lat: 41° 53' 25" N
Long: 12° 29' 31" E

Stonehenge, England
Lat: 51° 10' 43.8 " N
Long: 1° 49' 35 " W

The Tour Eiffel - Paris
LAT 48° 51 30" N
LON 2° 17 40" E
(provided by Michele Battaglino)

Mole Antonelliana - Turin, Italy
Symbol of the city
LAT 45° 4' 8.2 " N
LON 7 ° 41' 35.5 " E
(provided by Emanuele Battaglino)

Silbury Hill , England
(Neolithic mound, largest manmade mound in Europe)
Lat: 51° 24' 56.7" N
Long: 1° 51' 27 " W

White Horse of Uffington - Neolithic, England
Lat: 51° 22' 21.3" N
Long: 1° 50' 53.3" W

Crop Circles , England
Lat: 53 ° 41' 40.4 " N
Long: 1° 33' 34.1" W

Crop Circles , England
Lat: 53 ° 31' 54.2" N
Long: 1° 21' 24.3" W

Crop Circles , England
Lat: 53 ° 32' 11.7 " N
Long: 1° 30' 18.9 " W

Crop Circles , England
Lat: 53 ° 32' 11.7 " N
Long: 1° 30' 18.9 " W

Crop Circles , England
Lat: 53 ° 30' 45" N
Long: 1° 29' 21" W

Crop Circles , England
Lat: 53 ° 32' 16.9 " N
Long: 1° 29' 9.8 " W

Crop Circles , England
Lat: 53° 41' 30" N
Long: 1° 33' 36.6" W

San Marco Square and Church, Venice, Italy
LAT 45° 26' 3 " N
LONG 12° 20' 19.1" E
(provided by Michele Battaglino)

Greece, Athens, Acropolis Parthenon
Lat:37° 58' 17.3'' N
Long:23° 43' 36'' E
(provided by Elias Giannopoulos)

Greece, Athens, Kalimarmaron Stadium
(where the 1st Olympic games re-started (1891)
Lat: 37° 58' 6'' N
Long: 23° 44' 28'' E
(provided by Elias Giannopoulos)

Greece, Acient Olympia
(Where the 1st aciant Olympic game start)
Lat: 37° 38' 16'' N
Long: 21° 37' 49'' E
(provided by Elias Giannopoulos)

 

 

 

ASIA

Great Wall of China
Lat: 44° 21' 19.8 " N
Long: 116° 0' 30.2 " E

Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Lat: 39 Deg 54' 59.1 " N
Long: 116 Deg 23' 27.5 " E

Mount Everest
Lat: 27° 58' 37.93"N
Long: 86° 55' 30.61"E
(provided by Dan Ostan)

Taj Mahal , India
Lat: 27 ° 10' 29.6 " N
Long: 78 ° 2' 31.4" E

Mt. Fuji, Japan
Lat: 35° 21' 48" N
Long: 138° 43' 49.8" E

Active Volcano - Miyake-jima, Japan
Lat: 34° 5' 14 " N
Long: 138° 31' 31.44 " E

World's Tallest Building, Taipei 101, Taiwan
(Shown Still Under Construction)
LAT 25° 2' 1.2" N
LON 121° 33' 53.2" E
(provided by Paul McDonald)

MIDDLE EAST

Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Lat: 29° 58' 39" N
Long: 31° 7' 57" E

Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel
Lat: 31° 46' 41' N
Long: 35° 14' 6" E
(provided by D. Manteufel)

AFRICA

Ngorongoro Crater , Tanzania, Africa
(The cradle of life)
Lat: 3° 10' 51 " S
Long: 35° 33' 45 " E

AUSTRAILIA

Opera House, Sidney, Australia
Lat: 33° 51' 24.5" S
Long: 151° 12' 55.1" E
(provided by Michele Battaglino)

Ayres Rock (Uluru), Australia
Lat: 25° 20' 37" S
Long: 131° 2' 1" E

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