http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/google+maps IrishCentral google maps en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/irish-media-nation/google-spots-an-acre-of-ireland-in-upstate-new-york-159412535.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/irish-media-nation/google-spots-an-acre-of-ireland-in-upstate-new-york-159412535.html Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:15:19 PDT
You know the old line about the Great Wall of China being the only manmade object visible from outer space?  Now Google Maps and Google Earth are bringing the whole world into focus, right down this acre’s worth of Ireland, rendered in red brick in the Irish Park in the upstate New York town of East Durham  It’s the largest county-accurate map of Ireland in the worldThe park was built in 2001 at a cost of 500,000, funded in part by New York State, Greene County and the Michael J Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre, Inc READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/irish-media-nation/putting-irish-science-on-the-google-map-151780885.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/irish-media-nation/putting-irish-science-on-the-google-map-151780885.html Wed, 16 May 2012 02:15:10 PDT
It’s a digital, interactive, online, tricked-out Google map called The Atlas of Ingenious Ireland  Dedicated to "Putting Irish Science on the Map," it locates and annotates key science, tech and natural history landmarksClick on the blue “Astronomy” icon with the silhouette of Saturn in the center of the Irish map for the story and a photo of the Birr Castle Telescope, 150 years ago the world's largest telescope and even mentioned in a Jules Verne novelTo lean more, just click the link to the Birr Castle website READ MORE ]]>