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Above is a 360×180 degree panorama of Cloud Gate, Chicago. Click load to view - click and drag to look around. To view fullscreen (recommended) simply click ‘open’ and again click and drag.

Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor’s first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city’s famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a “gate” to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.

Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.

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As mentioned in previous posts (for those who are regular Google Earth Blog readers), I’ve been really busy for the last few weeks. I have another big trip out to the Bahamas, and will be out of touch for a few days. When I get back, I plan to do some posts explaining what I’ve been up to. There will be lots of GPS tracks, geo-tagged photos, and a cool story to tell. With much more to come. It’s a project I’ve been working on for several years which I plan to announce publicly on this blog first. (Those of you who know me, already have an idea what this is about).

Anyway, for the next few days, you’ll see some posts by a guest blogger: Mickey Mellen. He also writes DigitalEarthBlog, and is the developer behind EarthSwoop and Google Earth Hacks. I think he’s qualified to give you a few days worth of posts for the GEB.

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TheMovieMap

TheMovieMap is a Google Maps mash-up of movie sets and filming locations. The location of each film can be viewed in Google Maps satellite view. Clicking on a tag reveals a brief description of the film and the location, photos and external links.

It is possible to add new movie locations to the map by completing a short form.

British Film Map

To celebrate the Summer of British Film season on the BBC the Culture Show team visited classic film locations around the UK.

To accompany the television programme the BBC have released this interactive Google Map of film locations. The map includes fascinating stories about iconic locations and exclusive film commentaries by critic Mark Kermode.

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Google SightSeeing
Google Sightseeing is a huge collection of interesting Google Maps satellite imagery. Clicking on the link above will take you to Google Sightseeing’s collection of movie-locations.

Google Earth Hacks

Google Earth Hacks has an interesting collection of movie and TV show locations as captured by Google Maps street view. The image above for example shows the house from The Amityville Horror.

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Last week Secretary Kempthorn announced plans to appoint a Geographic Information Officer, a GIO for the Department of Interior. After having a week to ponder the announcement, our editors raise some practical and political questions about the position and who may fill it.

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