Friday, April 01, 2011

Google Maps Pink Elephants - Updated


Here is a little Easter egg (or maybe an April Fool) in Google Maps spotted by our friends over at Le Technoblog du LAC.

If you type Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View into Google Maps you will find a pink elephant. Just be sure not to tell GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons.

Update: Google LatLong has now posted about this pink elephant and 9 other 'real-world sightings' that you can now find in Google Maps. These real world sightings are giant animals that have been spotted around the world.

For example, a giant red lobster has been seen on a bridge in Boston.



In London you can find this strange marine creature.



In Germany a green dragon is on the loose in the Pfälzer Wald and in the Netherlands you might just catch sight of a whale.



That leaves 5 more. Can you find them?

Via: Google LatLong

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9 comments:

  1. mooseyfatalist12:14 PM

    here's all of em (or at least a good hint where to find them) http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=0531991852114950079339365&scoring=m&ct=3dbl&hl=en

    it's under the name Sloof Lirpa (anagram of april fools)

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  2. mooseyfatalist12:20 PM

    Chinese Dragon http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=23.106605,113.325037&spn=0.007954,0.013937&t=h&z=17

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  3. mooseyfatalist12:21 PM

    Surfing Kangaroo http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Broadbeach,+Queensland,+Australia&aq=0&sll=23.10626,113.325402&sspn=0.007954,0.013937&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Broadbeach+Queensland,+Australia&ll=-28.023424,153.456259&spn=0.061069,0.111494&t=h&z=14

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  4. mooseyfatalist12:29 PM

    Shark http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.3528,5.061178&spn=0.042255,0.111494&t=h&z=14

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  5. Anonymous12:33 PM

    UFOs http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bunker+Hill+Street,+Boston,+MA,+United+States&aq=1&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.136041,43.286133&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bunker+Hill+St,+Boston,+Suffolk,+Massachusetts+02129,+United+States&ll=42.368976,-71.063669&spn=0.003702,0.010568&z=17

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  6. mooseyfatalist12:34 PM

    La Sardine De Marseille http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.29434,5.359268&spn=0.012588,0.027874&t=h&z=16

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  7. mooseyfatalist12:36 PM

    Nessie http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=57.282024,-4.478645&spn=0.009348,0.027874&t=h&z=16

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  8. mooseyfatalist12:53 PM

    and here's all of em with short URLs:
    lobster http://goo.gl/esLRU
    pink elephant http://goo.gl/lSMIK
    Narwal http://goo.gl/EcW9m
    dragon http://goo.gl/3F3kJ
    Chinese dragon http://goo.gl/lDaH2
    Kangaroo http://goo.gl/9bRVR
    Shark http://goo.gl/xqRST
    UFOs http://goo.gl/MfMqR
    Sardine http://goo.gl/YWVkS
    Loch Ness http://goo.gl/LwwSy

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  9. Anonymous1:20 PM

    There's another dragon too (a blue one): http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ljubljana,+Slovenia&aq=0&sll=37.423361,-122.078619&sspn=0.012133,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ljubljana,+Slovenia&ll=46.046094,14.513948&spn=0.002651,0.004823&t=h&z=18

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