D-Bone
Jul 9th '07, 12:06 PM
Source: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/07/new_seven_wonders_of.html
Of the original seven wonders of the ancient world (man-made) only the pyramids of Giza are still standing. A web site called New Seven Wonders held a vote during the last several months in which many millions of people voted out of 21 different sites to select the next seven wonders. The winners were announced, appropriately enough, on 7/7/7 - yesterday. Here is a Google Earth file which shows the new seven wonders of the world (http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=941572). This file was posted at the Google Earth Community by someone called NorCalHarris. I updated the file a bit to better position the placemarks and add some suggestions on how to see more information on each location in GE. The best tip is to turn on the Geographic Web layer so you can see many photos taken of each site available from Panoramio. There are also 3D models available of some of the locations.
Here's a quick list of the new seven wonders:
Ancient City of Petra
Machu Picchu
The Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal
Christ Redeemer, Rio
The Roman Colloseum
Chich?n Itz?
You can see the full list of 21 candidates for the new seven wonders (http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=669652) in Google Earth (also posted by NorCalHarris). Also, there is a collection of several different Seven Wonders (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/11/seven_wonders_of_the.html): the Ancient World, Medieval World, the Natural World, and the Underwater World. By the way, I kind of feel like the Pyramids of Giza - since they are still standing - should have automatically stayed on the list.
Of the original seven wonders of the ancient world (man-made) only the pyramids of Giza are still standing. A web site called New Seven Wonders held a vote during the last several months in which many millions of people voted out of 21 different sites to select the next seven wonders. The winners were announced, appropriately enough, on 7/7/7 - yesterday. Here is a Google Earth file which shows the new seven wonders of the world (http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=941572). This file was posted at the Google Earth Community by someone called NorCalHarris. I updated the file a bit to better position the placemarks and add some suggestions on how to see more information on each location in GE. The best tip is to turn on the Geographic Web layer so you can see many photos taken of each site available from Panoramio. There are also 3D models available of some of the locations.
Here's a quick list of the new seven wonders:
Ancient City of Petra
Machu Picchu
The Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal
Christ Redeemer, Rio
The Roman Colloseum
Chich?n Itz?
You can see the full list of 21 candidates for the new seven wonders (http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=669652) in Google Earth (also posted by NorCalHarris). Also, there is a collection of several different Seven Wonders (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/11/seven_wonders_of_the.html): the Ancient World, Medieval World, the Natural World, and the Underwater World. By the way, I kind of feel like the Pyramids of Giza - since they are still standing - should have automatically stayed on the list.