… surrounded by workshop hardware and getting a bit antsy, so thought I’d post about something totally unrelated during my coffee break. The most recent imagery for my city in Google contains this gem:
At first glance, it appears that the ferry has done a nose-dive. Having taken those old beasts every weekend for eight months when I was working in Surrey, if there was no loss of life I’d be cheering… but in this case it’s just some creative editing on the Google data integrator’s part. They clipped the new (2006, 10cm) orthos so that the old (2003, 70cm) stuff would show in that area. The feathering width created an interesting effect though 
-J
1steve on Oct 5, 2007 at 12:07 pm:
Actually this is the new Google Shipping Directions! (beta)