30 Times People Found Such Strange Things On Google Earth, They Just Had To Share Them

Google Earthis a lot of fun to play around with in your spare time. You can visit and explore the far corners of the world during your coffee break, even if your actual vacation isn’t due for a few more months. However, you might stumble upon some truly bizarre things during your digital travels.That’s where the popular‘Google Earth, Structures and Anomalies’Facebook group comes in. Its members are all big fans of the Google Earth project and post the strange structures and cool anomalies they’ve come across while using it. We’ve collected some of the group’s most interesting featured mysteries to share with you.Bored Pandaalso reached out to the team running the group, and Josie, the founder and one of its administrators, was happy to tell us all about the inspiration behind it and its success.Put on your explorers’ hats, Pandas, and let’s go!This post may includeaffiliate links.

That’s where the popular‘Google Earth, Structures and Anomalies’Facebook group comes in. Its members are all big fans of the Google Earth project and post the strange structures and cool anomalies they’ve come across while using it. We’ve collected some of the group’s most interesting featured mysteries to share with you.

Bored Pandaalso reached out to the team running the group, and Josie, the founder and one of its administrators, was happy to tell us all about the inspiration behind it and its success.Put on your explorers’ hats, Pandas, and let’s go!

This post may includeaffiliate links.

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The band of administrators and moderators curating the entire project asks all members to “give more to this group than you take.” That means avoiding spam and self-promotion.

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Josie, the founder of the‘Google Earth, Structures and Anomalies’Facebook group, has been a huge fan of the Google Earth project for a very long while now.

Three years later, the group continues to be a resounding success. However, Josie noted that she “never imagined it would turn into what it has.”

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Josie highlighted the fact that the group has a great community and a very active team of administrators and moderators. “We are a really friendly group and have an amazing admin team that works 24 hours around the clock to keep everything running smoothly,” the founder shared. She added: “I would like to say ‘thank you’ to them all.“Bored Panda was interested in getting the group founder’s take as to why strange Google Earth content resonates with so many social media and internet users in the first place.“I generally believe people are curious about the world we live in,” she shared her perspective.

Bored Panda was interested in getting the group founder’s take as to why strange Google Earth content resonates with so many social media and internet users in the first place.

“I generally believe people are curious about the world we live in,” she shared her perspective.

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Not only that, ‘Google Earth, Structures and Anomalies' may have seen so much growth because there weren’t many competitors at the start of the lockdowns, three years ago.“There weren’t many Google Earth groups when I created my one,” Josie said.In the meantime, we were curious what advice Josie would give someone who’s completely new to exploring the world using Google Earth. Though the program is widely known across the far reaches of the globe, there are, nonetheless, people who are new to it.According to her, the best thing to do is to just get stuck in. “I would just start looking at somewhere you have always wanted to visit, and maybe anywhere else that has piqued your curiosity and you have always wanted to see up close,” she told Bored Panda.“Photo Sphere, a tool of Google Earth, is a great way to see photos people have took and shared with the app,” she said.

Not only that, ‘Google Earth, Structures and Anomalies' may have seen so much growth because there weren’t many competitors at the start of the lockdowns, three years ago.

“There weren’t many Google Earth groups when I created my one,” Josie said.

In the meantime, we were curious what advice Josie would give someone who’s completely new to exploring the world using Google Earth. Though the program is widely known across the far reaches of the globe, there are, nonetheless, people who are new to it.

According to her, the best thing to do is to just get stuck in. “I would just start looking at somewhere you have always wanted to visit, and maybe anywhere else that has piqued your curiosity and you have always wanted to see up close,” she told Bored Panda.

“Photo Sphere, a tool of Google Earth, is a great way to see photos people have took and shared with the app,” she said.

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The ‘Google Earth, Structures and Anomalies’ is very active, with members sharing new posts every single day. There have been a whopping 6,822 posts on the group in the last month alone, which should tell you about the type of traffic there. As it turns out, people love exploring the globe with Google Earth.TheGoogle Earthproject is, in fact, older than many folks might think: it was launched all the way back in June, 2001. At the time of writing, it was over 22 years old. The program uses satellite imagery, aerial photography, and GIS data to superimpose it on a three-dimensional globe. Users can then look at cities and landscapes from various angles.

TheGoogle Earthproject is, in fact, older than many folks might think: it was launched all the way back in June, 2001. At the time of writing, it was over 22 years old. The program uses satellite imagery, aerial photography, and GIS data to superimpose it on a three-dimensional globe. Users can then look at cities and landscapes from various angles.

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Back in 2019, Google announced that the Google Earth program captured10 million milesof Strew View imagery, and36 million square milesof Google Earth imagery, and covered over 97% of our planet. That doesn’t mean that the project is all-powerful, though! Internet users are forbidden from viewing certain sensitive areas and locations due to national security and privacy concerns. Some military bases, for instance, would be off-limits.

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Google Earth is a far more varied project than some people realize. For one, the name is a bit of a misnomer because you can use the program to explore theMoon, our neighboring planetMars. You can also accessGoogle Skywhich lets you navigate space. There’s a lot of cool stuff to be found if you’ve got a bit of time and a spot of patience!

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Meanwhile,Google Mapswas launched a bit later than Google Earth, seeing its debut in February 2005, (18 years ago at the time of writing). Google Maps focuses on Stree View, looks at traffic conditions in real-time, and lets users plan their routes, no matter what mode of transportation they’re using. As of 2020, a billion people around the world use Google Maps every month. The program adds a lot of additional opportunities for digital explorers.

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The ‘Google Earth, Structures and Anomalies’ Facebook group isn’t the only internet community dedicated to the program. Recently,Bored Panda spoke toNik Ianevitch, the founder and curator of the‘Weird Google Earth’project, focusing on the interesting things found using Google Earth and Google Maps.

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There are plenty of oddities to be found with the two programs. “I soon realized there were loads of locations that are weird, out-of-place, even provocative. I started collecting those and very soon had enough to share with others. So the project kind of ‘just happened,’” the founder of ‘Weird Google Earth’ told Bored Panda during a recent interview.According to Ianevitch, from ‘Weird Google Earth,’ people love this type of content because it’s “always fresh, captivating,” as well as easy to consume and share because it’s bite-sized. “A truly good post is one that people come back to over the years,” he said.

According to Ianevitch, from ‘Weird Google Earth,’ people love this type of content because it’s “always fresh, captivating,” as well as easy to consume and share because it’s bite-sized. “A truly good post is one that people come back to over the years,” he said.

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