# anything interesting caught on satellite mapping?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-caught-on-satellite-mapping/438349>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-caught-on-satellite-mapping/438349 "2008-02-20T02:53:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-caught-on-satellite-mapping/438349/21 "2008-02-23T07:40:40Z")

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[How about a secret Chinese military base?](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/07/20/1153166503699.html)

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> Google Earth, the satellite imaging site that brought us hovering cars, is now the source of a mysterious new find - this time an unusual man-made landscape in a remote part of China.
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> The Chinese site based in the very remote Huangyangtan region, appears to be a small-scale model of a piece of territory complete with snow-topped mountains, streams and valleys.
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> The find, recorded by a German member of a Google Earth community site, has triggered speculation that the site might have a military purpose.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-caught-on-satellite-mapping/438349/22 "2008-02-23T09:09:25Z")

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How about some [lost Mayan temples](http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN2021122720080220)?

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-caught-on-satellite-mapping/438349/23 "2008-02-23T10:11:26Z")

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