Enthusiast uses Google Earth to reveal Roman ruins

[viggen]

Using satellite images from Google Maps and Google Earth, an Italian computer programmer has stumbled upon the remains of an ancient villa.

via Nature [nature.com]

(Mod Note; not sure if this belongs in this forum (i thought however it is very interesting, feel free to move or delete)

[lawman]

Although Foo is a Google-free zone, I thought this was interesting enough for Foo.

lawman

[Chndru]

And folks use to say these before Google Maps were launched:

"Ahh, But we do have Mapquest and Yahoo! Maps."

"Do people really use maps online?".

"And, what this has to do with search?."

[Essex_boy]

Maps, in my job teh internet and maps make my life one heck of a lot easier and I cant wait until Mr G has most of teh UK mapped.

Love the Roman bit.