# MapQuest updates images of WTC and Pentagon.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mapquest-updates-images-of-wtc-and-pentagon/83811>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 25, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mapquest-updates-images-of-wtc-and-pentagon/83811 "2001-09-25T22:58:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mapquest-updates-images-of-wtc-and-pentagon/83811/1 "2001-09-25T22:58:32Z")

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A relatively new feature of [http://www.mapquest.com](http://www.mapquest.com) is aerial photos that correlate to ther computer-generated maps. In response to the events of 9/11, they have updated their images of the WTC and the Pentagon. Simply go to their homepage and click on the appropriate links. You can zoom in on the photos to an apparent height of 1,500 feet.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mapquest-updates-images-of-wtc-and-pentagon/83811/2 "2001-09-26T19:28:15Z")

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Bumpity bump-bump, bumpity bump-bump…

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mapquest-updates-images-of-wtc-and-pentagon/83811/3 "2001-09-26T19:32:59Z")

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Wow.

Other than the burnt scar on the Pentagon, that building looks pretty cool from overhead.

Of course the WTC site just looks like a smoldering mess. But since we haven’t been shown too many overhead pictures lately, I hadn’t imagined what it must look like there, now.

Thanks for the link.