Superslice 100: Best of 2012
Behold, our curated collection of what we found to be some of the best cultural bids of the past year. We opened our virtual doors on May 2011 — 2012 was our first full calendar year. We have grown since then, so the list has also expanded. The previous group of the Best 30 has […]
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Inside Google Data Centers / Street View
View Larger Map See inside one of Google‘s data centers in this guided tour. See what powers our products, and then explore on your own in Street View. From our networking room to the cooling towers outside of the facility, you can explore the different areas of a Google data center in this guided video […]
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Underwater Panoramic Maps / Google Ocean View
We’ve added the very first underwater panoramic images to Google Maps, the next step in our quest to provide people with the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world. With these vibrant and stunning photos you don’t have to be a scuba diver—or even know how to swim—to explore and experience six of […]
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Dutch Landscapes / Mishka Henner
When Google introduced its free satellite imagery service to the world in 2005, views of our planet only previously accessible to astronauts and surveyors were suddenly available to anyone with an internet connection. Yet the vistas revealed by this technology were not universally embraced. Governments concerned about the sudden visibility of political, economic and military […]
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Google Images Book / Felix Heyes & Ben West
If a picture says more than a thousand words – and current internet dynamics tend to agree – what would a visual guide to the English vocabulary, contemporary and ‘webresentative’, look like? Ben West and Felix Heyes, two artists and designers from London (UK), found out when they replaced the 21,000 words found in your […]
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The High Line Park / Google Maps Street View
You are now able to take a virtual tour of one of my favorite architectural projects of this decade, The High Line in New York City, via Google Maps Street View. Also, did you realize that you can view Google Maps in 3D? Just put on your anaglyph glasses, right click, hit ‘3D mode on’, […]
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