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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+68I'm going to take a lawn chair and sit in between her boobs as the satellite passes
- kefs, on 10/12/2007, -6/+66***** THIS IS NOT ON GOOGLE EARTH NOR GOOGLE MAPS *****
The uri below (to the .kml file provided by Maxim) is simply an overlayed image (provided by Maxim) _on top_ of the actual Google Earth images. This image does not appear on anyone's Google Earth without clicking and downloading the .kml file (which holds both the image to overlay and coordinates at which to place it). For proof, download the .kml and deselect the Maxim Cover in your Temporary Places.
Remember.. Google Earth/Maps images are usually between 1-3 years old. When an update of an area is released, we'll hear about it at the http://bbs.keyhole.com/ site. - diskopo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33What better way to invite Alien life forms to peacefully co-exist than a desire for them to "tap that".
- fearlessfrog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29I only have one thing to say...
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&t=k&ll=53.538699,-1.346649&spn=0.001042,0.001837&t=k - rekrapt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16You'd do her and you know it.
- p3ngu1n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Here's where it should be on google maps.
http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&q=35.62003473488972+-115.3829911810035&ll=35.620064,-115.382988&spn=0.001962,0.005407&t=k - stevester, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15google is recognizing it...
http://earth.google.com/images/maxim.jpg - notfred, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12The image may be there in the real world, but it sure isn't on G.E., and that's what the article is titled, thus making it crap.
Aparently the Real World just isn't enough these days. - FullMetalMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I can't wait for Playboys next birthday!
- volcomjerk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Now that's a landmark worth bookmarking.
- Cbeck527, on 10/12/2007, -9/+19none the less, she is still a HOT BABE!!
- scanman20, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11So Google has spawned new form of graffiti/advertising. Warchalking your 15 minutes of fame is up.
- cavadela, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9here's the file: http://www.maximonline.com/maximusa/Maxim_Cover.kml
- coding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8If you turn off the overlay that is downloaded in the kml, the image dissappears, so they didn't coordinate this with Google... They might have to wait a long time for the satellite image to be incorporated into the main Google database of images.
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I'm pretty sure warchalking's 15 minutes really only lasted 15 minutes.
People talked about it a couple years ago. Then no one ever mentioned it again. - notfred, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9repeating toekneebullard, this is just a layer someone made - you or I could do the same. turn it off and look at the same place and it vanishes.
Crap post, advertizing spam, no digg. - coredump0x01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Here it is http://earth.google.com/images/maxim.jpg
- fried, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&t=k&ll=53.531183,-1.35628&spn=0.002382,0.004345
Hey Look Crop Circle, not to far from the words - kirkio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I saw this on the news and they showed a helicopter shot of it, so it is a real poster. I think the .kml file is needed just to update that portion on the map.
- Gadren, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Won't anyone think of the ALIEN CHILDREN!?!?!!?
- kefs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Google Earth is not. Also, if you download the .kml file, open it up in a text editor. You'll see both the URIs to images (from maximonline.com, not earth.google.com), as well as the coordinates to place said images on.
- telegon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I better get the shotgun. Them aliens'll be coming for the womenfollk any second, now. Way to go Maxim.
- PathDaemon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Images referenced by KML file:
http://www.maximonline.com/maximusa/maximunder.jpg
http://www.maximonline.com/maximusa/maximcover.png
Coords (for wlu_life): -115.3829911810035 35.62003473488972 - diskopo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Well, they are now!
- celeb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5As if we couldn't do anything else to get the aliens to come:)
- Yutuke, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5A large spur of land buying out in the middle of nowhere is about to happen as big corporations build the largest logos on the planet so that they can be seen from Google Earth.
It's the 1-Million-Pixel sell off on a much larger scale. - lane.montgomery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Is it actually on Google Earth, or do they just hope it will be some day?
- SysErr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Hmm, seems to me that real or not, this did exactly what they wanted... built up hype. Publicity stunt worked.
- emes001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If this is so fake, why did USAToday do a story on it?
Just because you can't log into the DoD and use one of their real-time satellites to view the billboard first hand (since an updated imagery of that location will not hit Google Earth, NASA's World Wind or like program for many months or years to come), does not mean the billboard does not exist. - Durrok, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The hell it is!
- Braxo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Costs nothing but some IT guy's time? I think not, looking at www.usatoday.com it reads:
"Nine workers took more than 15 hours to build the cover, which is so big that satellites are able to photograph the image from space."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-04-05-longoria-maxim_x.htm - Erroneus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Might wanna read the article and check out the kml file posted for google earth...
- HiddenLYNX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Anyone think of the fact that maybe GOOGLE hasnt updated that area yet, that the image used is photoshopped because its been built but noone has a picture of it? Its not like Google Maps or Google Earth is realtime or close to acurate, most images are around 5 years old
- deadbolt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3a lot of ***** toner
- Braxo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3to koshak,
google does not own the imaging satellites, they just buy the images from the companies that do(mostly NASA) and place them in their program. So it wouldn't cost much to have one of the companies to take a picture for you and then just send the images to google.
Plus, in today's(6.6.06) USA today there is an article on it - recover82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2we dont care if its really there. .we just like looking at that bitch.
- brenbart, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Not to slam reporters in general but many are not particularly known for checking their facts.
The MSN reporter may well have thought they confirmed it by opening the google earth .kml file. If they did that edited the placemark they'd have seen this...
To celebrate the 100th issue of America's Favorite Magazine, Maxim pulled out the stops and built the largest cover on earth, stretching 110 feet on the desert floor, outside of Las Vegas.
The cover features "TV's Sexiest Earthling" Eva Longoria, who is one of the most beloved women in America. For more of Eva, and thousands more women we love, log onto www.maximonline.com. And for the best travel information on Las Vegas go to www.VisitLasVegas.com. - Ericular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Offtopic:
This article was first posted over 24 hours ago. Don't think it even made the front page. Was going to post this same article title+text (straight from cnet.com).. but thought it would just be a dupe. This one gets 1500+ diggs?
As a relative digg newbie -- what do I do? Is an article not really a dupe unless it's been on the front page? - Yodacola, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hmm...
75 ft x100 ft = 7,500 ft (the way press measures [for pricing and such])
Sorry, they got you beat :) - Pentarix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm talking about length, I never gave the width. 300 ft, on the side of a building, hanging down... getting the picture now?
- emes001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is because you are not viewing real time imagery in Google Earth. All images in Google Earth are cached from previous years' satellite data.
- majordanger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1copy & paste these coords 35.6199073136 -115.383044727 into Google earth at it shows nothing.. However I did lose my A** at the nearby StateLine Casinos. This is exactly 1 mile NE of the California/Nevada border where I-15 crosses
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7I can't believe people are asking if this ois on Google Earth or Maps.
Google does not CONSTANTLY update its satellite images. Most images on there are YEARS old. (Especially in non-major cities.) And they certainly are not going to make it a priority to update the images of the desert. - DougPenn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What a great idea, let's litter the landscape with various advertisements for all types of products: Tampons, Coke, Pepsi, Trojan condoms...
- clickwir, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Someday.
- RamMasterRay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 People who live in the desert should try doing something similar. Llike small scale Nazca lines. I don't imagine there are alot of other things taking up their time, in the desert. But of course the payoff would be far in the future.
- pkkid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You must be a manager at some company with all those buzz words. :)
- mkoko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2you're a moron
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Oh my god! You spelled Microsoft with a $! That is SO original and creative! I get it! Becuase they are so business-savvvy that they have made billions of dollars!
That is a GREAT way to honor such a great company.
(Is there a symbol vfor overpriced piece of crap that looks like an A, P L or E?) - RamMasterRay, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Outlawing things that are illegal are not a priority anywhere. And you are a bumbling cretin.
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