New verb: Googleblaze
I'm going to try and insert a new word in the web's vocabulary: Googleblazing.
Googleblazing means finding a location with Google Earth by visual reckoning rather than using grid references or addresses. In other words, whatever you're looking for (park, building, patch of landscape) you've got to know a lot more about it than just what it looks like. What its country looks like from space, which part of that country to zoom in on, how to find the exact place using local landmarks like roads. I had a terrific time tracking down the site of Burning Man (below); now I'm going to Googleblaze something I know nothing about: the giant white horses cut into chalky hills somewhere in the UK, and the animal gods drawn on the surface of a desert plateau somewhere in South America.
Remember: to be a true Googleblazer, you must never use a GPS reference, map reference, or address search, although it's OK to look up landmarks you can sight by.
So let's spread the word, and see how long it takes to get the word into the newspapers! If anyone wants to link to this page, use its permanent URL: http://chrisworth.com/2005/06/new-verb-googleblaze.html
If the word catches on, I'll set up a Googleblaze blog where people can post stories of their Googleblazing quests.
Googleblazing means finding a location with Google Earth by visual reckoning rather than using grid references or addresses. In other words, whatever you're looking for (park, building, patch of landscape) you've got to know a lot more about it than just what it looks like. What its country looks like from space, which part of that country to zoom in on, how to find the exact place using local landmarks like roads. I had a terrific time tracking down the site of Burning Man (below); now I'm going to Googleblaze something I know nothing about: the giant white horses cut into chalky hills somewhere in the UK, and the animal gods drawn on the surface of a desert plateau somewhere in South America.
Remember: to be a true Googleblazer, you must never use a GPS reference, map reference, or address search, although it's OK to look up landmarks you can sight by.
So let's spread the word, and see how long it takes to get the word into the newspapers! If anyone wants to link to this page, use its permanent URL: http://chrisworth.com/2005/06/new-verb-googleblaze.html
If the word catches on, I'll set up a Googleblaze blog where people can post stories of their Googleblazing quests.
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