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Archive for February, 2008

New search engine

February 20th, 2008 by Eduardo Manchón

Today we made some improvements in the search enginge of Panoramio’s homepage and the World Map. Now you can search for:
- Streets in some countries: “Third Avenue, New York“, “Ramblas, Barcelona“.
- Landmarks: “Eiffel Tower“, “Mount Fuji” or “Cape of Good Hope”
- Names in different languages: Saragossa/Zaragoza, Nueva York/New York, Köln/Cologne, Leipzig/Lipsia…
- More flexible inputs: Add […]

The D-Day and Omaha beach

February 20th, 2008 by Eduardo Manchón

Saving Private Ryan maybe is the most realistic film ever made about the landing of the Allied forces in German-occupied France on June 6th 1944, but with so many explosions and fast camera movements you can’t really see the place at the film. This mini-panoramio can help you with that:

Around Omaha you can […]

Chernobyl and the abandoned city of Prypiat in Ukranie

February 11th, 2008 by Eduardo Manchón

You might have seen on TV see images of the sarcophagus that covers the reactor number 4 from Chernobyl Nuclear Plant that exploded in the accident, but this mini-panoramio gives you a wider perspective:

Actually there is not very much to see around the plant, but what is really amazing is taking a virtual walk […]