New Seven Wonders of the World Announced

8 July 2007

As posted in December, the NewOpenWorld Foundation narrowed the list of the New Seven Wonders of the World from a field of 200 possible sites down to the final seven that were ultimately chosen by the world in a global vote.

And the winners are:

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Vote for the New Seven Wonders of the World

14 December 2006

Voting has been going on for The New 7 Wonders of the World. The contest is run by the NewOpenWorld Foundation and started out with 200 possible sites for the new seven. The choices have now been narrowed down to 21 choices:

  1. Acropolis — Athens, Greece
  2. Alhambra — Granada, Spain
  3. Angkor Wat temple — Cambodia
  4. Chichen Itza Aztec site — Yucatan, Mexico
  5. Christ the Redeemer — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  6. Colosseum — Rome
  7. Easter Island Statues — Chile
  8. Eiffel Tower — Paris
  9. Great Wall — China
  10. Hagia Sophia church — Istanbul, Turkey

  11. Kiyomizu Temple — Kyoto, Japan
  12. Kremlin/St Basil's and Red Square — Moscow
  13. Machu Picchu — Peru
  14. Neuschwanstein Castle — Fussen, Germany
  15. Petra city — Jordan
  16. Pyramids of Giza — Egypt
  17. Statue of Liberty — New York
  18. Stonehenge — Amesbury, United Kingdom
  19. Sydney Opera House — Australia
  20. Taj Mahal — Agra, India
  21. Timbuktu city — Mali

If you're interested in what other sites were considered, check out the previous list of the Top 77 nominees.

Head over to the site and read up on how to vote by phone or online. Registration is required.

Since most people can't name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, here they are:

  1. Great Pyramid of Giza
  2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
  4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
  5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
  6. Colossus of Rhodes
  7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

The primary reason that most people can't name the Seven Wonders is that only one of them still exists today. Four were destroyed by earthquake, and two were destroyed by fire. The Pyramids have withstood the test of time, and are the only Wonder to survive past the year 1500.

An alternate list of New Wonders was created by USA Today and Good Morning, America. The list included 7 Wonders along with an 8th viewer-selected Wonder.

  1. Potala Palace — Lhasa, Tibet
  2. Old City of Jerusalem — Israel
  3. Polar ice caps — Polar regions
  4. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument — Hawaii, United States
  5. Internet
  6. Mayan ruins — Yucatán Peninsula, Mesoamerica
  7. Great Migration of Serengeti and Masai Mara — Kenya and Tanzania
  8. Grand Canyon — Arizona, United States (viewer-selected)
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European Google Maps

1 May 2006

Google Maps now has detailed satellite imagery of European hotspots. Here are three posted by Google to get you started:

Also, be sure to check out my extensive list of Google Maps U.S. pictures and links from a year ago.

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Thilly Thursday: Brazilian Headline

29 September 2005

A blonde was sitting on the train reading the newspaper.

The headline read, "12 Brazilian Soldiers Killed."

She shook her head at the sad news and wiped away a tear.

She then turned to the stranger sitting next to her and asked, "How many is a Brazilian?"

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Tons o' Fun with Google Maps

2 May 2005

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Last month, I posted about Google Maps, Google's latest astounding innovation. Of course, we're all tempted to type in our home address and try and spot our house on the satellite images. Better yet, someone at work sent me a link for the Buffalo Bills' Ralph Wilson Stadium. Then, 1754blog.com posted an airplane graveyard.

This got me thinking . . . what else was out there to see on Google Maps? Surely someone had gone to some lengths to find some cool stuff. Sure enough, there are a few sites out there already that are dedicated to fun or interesting Google Map finds.

I really could list a dozen good sites there, but I'll limit my selection to one. My favorite site is Virtual Globetrotting, because it simply blows all the other sites away. That site uses screenshots liberally, which is very helpful.

If looking through Google Maps isn't geeky enough for you, you can start playing Scavengeroogle, a sort of scavenger hunt for a google map. They show you an image from Google Maps and give you one hint, and you try and find the image.

Here are a few of my favorite Google Map finds. There are plenty of other neat listings out there, too, but I'll leave it up to you to find them. Most of these were taken from perljam.net's Google Satellite Maps page. It seems to be the best comprehensive listing out there.

Natural Wonders

Man-made Structures

Curious Sights

Google Quirks

The Writing on the Wall

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