Score one for surfing at work

Griff · 09-22-2005, 04:09 PM

A computer programmer looking at Google Earth satellite images has reportedly discovered the remains of an ancient Roman villa near Sorbelo, Italy.

Hooray for slacking off! Don't call me out I'm home sick.

glatt · 09-22-2005, 04:22 PM

That article would be far more interesting if it had the coordinates of the find. I put "Sorbelo, Italy" into Google Earth, and it couldn't find it.

glatt · 09-22-2005, 04:47 PM

Anyone know Italian?

Here's another strange site in Ireland, from the website above.

Griff · 09-22-2005, 05:05 PM

*cough* Greater Ireland?

Perry Winkle · 09-23-2005, 12:20 AM

it's actually north east of Parma

attached is a google earth marker -- just remove the .zip from the file name and open the file in google earth.

glatt · 09-23-2005, 08:23 AM

well you can clearly see the river bend, but I don't see any old villa. Neat though.

Perry Winkle · 09-23-2005, 01:57 PM

yeah, you can't really see the villa itself. You can see a brown splotch in a field where the villa is.

eiffelenator · 10-13-2005, 07:42 PM

It was only a matter of time til something like this happened. Great press for google earth!

09-22-2005, 04:09 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Score one for surfing at work A computer programmer looking at Google Earth satellite images has reportedly discovered the remains of an ancient Roman villa near Sorbelo, Italy. Hooray for slacking off! Don't call me out I'm home sick. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-22-2005, 05:05 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	cough Greater Ireland? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-22-2005, 04:22 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That article would be far more interesting if it had the coordinates of the find. I put "Sorbelo, Italy" into Google Earth, and it couldn't find it.

09-22-2005, 04:47 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Anyone know Italian? Here's another strange site in Ireland, from the website above.

09-23-2005, 08:23 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	well you can clearly see the river bend, but I don't see any old villa. Neat though.

09-23-2005, 01:57 PM	#7
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	yeah, you can't really see the villa itself. You can see a brown splotch in a field where the villa is.

10-13-2005, 07:42 PM	#8
eiffelenator Irrelevant Adulterant Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 43	It was only a matter of time til something like this happened. Great press for google earth!

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