Did you know that google maps shows shipwrecks?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Here’s what you do:

[ol][li]On the top right hand corner there’s a box that says either satellite or map[]immediately below that there’s another box with an arrow at the bottom[]click on that arrow[]now the box gets bigger, but it still has an arrow at the bottom[]click the arrow again[]now click Wikipedia[]there’ll suddenly be W boxes everywhere - these are all wikipedia articles about something nearby[]now zoom out, and go look at a bit of sea[]click the W box of your choice in the sea - odds on its a ship wreckrinse, repeat[/li]
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Well, there goes my productivity…

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Too bad they didn’t have this when trying to find the Titanic. Would have made their job a lot easier

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That’s really cool!

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I can see the shipwreck that’s about 1 & 1/4 mile south of my house on Google maps satellite view. My dad salvaged some stuff off it back in the 1950’s. It sank in 1906. There are a few articles out there on the web about it, the Atlanta.

But wikipedia doesn’t show it at all. :mad:

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I just found a rather peculiar one

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Me too.

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From the link:

Looks like the merger (submerger?) didn’t work as planned…

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It doesn’t show the Titanic either (as far as I can tell), nor the Andrea Gail (The Perfect Storm.)

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Me too! Google Maps

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It doesn’t work too well for me. I get as far as all the “W’s” but when I click I get nothing.

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And just south and west of that is this one, which is equally odd.

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Andrea Gail
RMS Titanic