If your iMac is getting dusty, or worse, wasted on tax software, now you have a great excuse to use it: the Grand Canyon in now is Google Street View!
Granted, if you read the Google Maps blog, you already knew that. But for everybody else, this is exciting news. Enjoy!
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Showing posts with label StreetView. Show all posts
Showing posts with label StreetView. Show all posts
2012-06-12
2012-05-21
Street View Tourist
-Sao Paulo.
The Toronto of Brazil, Sao Paulo is not on my bucket list. However, check out the interesting graffiti in this Sao Paulo neighborhood.
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-Palestine
I espicially like this graffiti, a sneeky way to get around the sign by-lay, I assume. Unzoom, then walk north (turn right) about 400m for some serious jaywalking prevention measures.
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The Toronto of Brazil, Sao Paulo is not on my bucket list. However, check out the interesting graffiti in this Sao Paulo neighborhood.
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-Palestine
I espicially like this graffiti, a sneeky way to get around the sign by-lay, I assume. Unzoom, then walk north (turn right) about 400m for some serious jaywalking prevention measures.
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2012-05-16
Ontario to Maritimes
What is the best route from Toronto to Moncton, PEI or Halifax?
Well, if you have a criminal record or 3 kids without passports, it is hard to argue in favour of the American route across Northern Maine. If you opt to stay in Canada, take the Renous Road across New Brunswick and save 60 km, plus whatever gas savings your car gives you by going 85km per hour instead of 120km per hour. Budget for moose, deer, bear and branch damage to your car.
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On all routes from Toronto or Kingston, you can now avoid Montreal by crossing at Victoriaville and picking up the four lanes of highway 30 off highway 132 at Chateauguay. Plus you get to drive through this.
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Most of the 40 kms from Victoriaville to Chatauguay are 70 to 90km/hr, same as the official speed limit on the Montreal highways. However, there are a few 50 km/hr sections and a few stop lights. The Metropolitain on the Island of Montreal was built as an urban by-pass (most of the city is further south) and is usually the fastest route, unless it isn't. Outside rush-hours, congestion usually only happens near the highway 15 exits. The highway 20 tunnel is usually pretty clear. Champlain bridge (highway 15), on the other hand, is very close to downtown, and often the access points are very congested.
From Ottawa, Montreal haters taking the Canadian route can by-pass the city by taking the north shore route (the almost completed 50 to Mirabel, then 15 to 640, then 40 to Quebec City). That will add 11km to your trip and you wont be able to go as fast (speed limits are more strictly enforced on highway 40 and much of highway 50 is only two lanes). But you avoid Montreal congestion.
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For shortcut freaks and American gas price lovers, Maine is the way to go. There are a couple of option (bring a map!), but you might as well take the shortest route. Although I warn you, the empty but longer I95 will be very tempting. Motels in northern Maine are also quite cheap, although not plentiful. Detour via Bangor if you need a city.
If time is of the essence, take the highway route via Northern New Brunswick. The divided highway is also much safer. You can still hit a moose on a divided highway, but chances of avoiding it are better. 87 km of highway 185 between the Saint-Lawrence River and New Brunswick is still only 2 lanes, but there are many passing lane sections. On the 185, expect to go at about 100km/hr, but allow time for 90. It may be a divided highway if you are reading this in a couple of years.
Saving 113 km each way by going via Maine is nothing to sneeze at. But it is only 48 km less than the Canadian route with the Renous Road. But the Renous Road is a bit kamikaze (no cell phone coverage or even FM radio!), even when conditions are good (the moose enforce the speed limit).
Going to Newfoundland? Consider (but don't actually do it) going via Labrador. The Translabrador has been open over a year now. What are you waiting for?
Well, if you have a criminal record or 3 kids without passports, it is hard to argue in favour of the American route across Northern Maine. If you opt to stay in Canada, take the Renous Road across New Brunswick and save 60 km, plus whatever gas savings your car gives you by going 85km per hour instead of 120km per hour. Budget for moose, deer, bear and branch damage to your car.
View Larger Map
On all routes from Toronto or Kingston, you can now avoid Montreal by crossing at Victoriaville and picking up the four lanes of highway 30 off highway 132 at Chateauguay. Plus you get to drive through this.
View Larger Map
Most of the 40 kms from Victoriaville to Chatauguay are 70 to 90km/hr, same as the official speed limit on the Montreal highways. However, there are a few 50 km/hr sections and a few stop lights. The Metropolitain on the Island of Montreal was built as an urban by-pass (most of the city is further south) and is usually the fastest route, unless it isn't. Outside rush-hours, congestion usually only happens near the highway 15 exits. The highway 20 tunnel is usually pretty clear. Champlain bridge (highway 15), on the other hand, is very close to downtown, and often the access points are very congested.
From Ottawa, Montreal haters taking the Canadian route can by-pass the city by taking the north shore route (the almost completed 50 to Mirabel, then 15 to 640, then 40 to Quebec City). That will add 11km to your trip and you wont be able to go as fast (speed limits are more strictly enforced on highway 40 and much of highway 50 is only two lanes). But you avoid Montreal congestion.
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If time is of the essence, take the highway route via Northern New Brunswick. The divided highway is also much safer. You can still hit a moose on a divided highway, but chances of avoiding it are better. 87 km of highway 185 between the Saint-Lawrence River and New Brunswick is still only 2 lanes, but there are many passing lane sections. On the 185, expect to go at about 100km/hr, but allow time for 90. It may be a divided highway if you are reading this in a couple of years.
Saving 113 km each way by going via Maine is nothing to sneeze at. But it is only 48 km less than the Canadian route with the Renous Road. But the Renous Road is a bit kamikaze (no cell phone coverage or even FM radio!), even when conditions are good (the moose enforce the speed limit).
Going to Newfoundland? Consider (but don't actually do it) going via Labrador. The Translabrador has been open over a year now. What are you waiting for?
2011-07-31
1812 Reasons to Drive Across Northern-Ontario
If you enjoy this view, will you love it 20 hours (plus pit stops) from now when you get to Manitoba?
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Twenty hours later, Manitoba!
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Twenty hours later, Manitoba!
Agrandir leStrangers in Our Midst: Sexual Deviancy in Postwar Ontario
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New Brunswick Has Plenty of Parking
If you visit New Brunswick, parking will not be an issue. Although if your SUV is prone to tipping over in the wind (note the cables attached to the tower)...
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Houses on the Acadian Peninsula can be had for about $20,000 (not a typo).
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Houses in Southern New Brunswick are far more expensive. And therefore bulding a giant lobster within the budget of the local community.
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Houses on the Acadian Peninsula can be had for about $20,000 (not a typo).
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Houses in Southern New Brunswick are far more expensive. And therefore bulding a giant lobster within the budget of the local community.
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Blogging From Tasmania
Dear readers,
I'm currently in Tasmania on a fact finding mission on behalf of Fishiries and Oceans Canada. Not sure what exactly I'm supposed to be looking for, but I'll tell you when I find it.
All courtesy of the S. Harper and the Conservative government (and your tax dollars, thanks by the way).
I'm currently in Tasmania on a fact finding mission on behalf of Fishiries and Oceans Canada. Not sure what exactly I'm supposed to be looking for, but I'll tell you when I find it.
All courtesy of the S. Harper and the Conservative government (and your tax dollars, thanks by the way).
2010-07-14
Palm Trees in Scotland!
Watching "Des trains pas comme les autres" tonight on TV5, I learned that there are palm trees in Scotland! I've been to Scotland (Edingburg, Glasgow, Inverness, Isle of Skye (by bus via Loch Ness)
But not Plockton, I missed Plockton! I should have taken the train! :)
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But not Plockton, I missed Plockton! I should have taken the train! :)
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2010-02-09
2009-08-14
Go to Italy, or use Google Street View
In the name of humanity, I would sincerely like to thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet. :-) If you can't go to Italy (you should if you can), than Google Streets View provides you with the next best thing, minus the pickpockets.
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2008-11-22
Dropped Pin in Paris
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=48.860714,2.290463%20%28Avenue%20Albert%201er%20de%20Monaco%2075116%20Paris%20France%29
Envoyé depuis mon iPhone / Sent from my iPhone.
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