belgeoblog.be

Belgeoblog.be tries to be an excellent source of information and news for Google Earth related developments in Belgium. I regret that it is impossible to translate the whole blog into English at this point. But I’ll summarise the most interesting content that belgeoblog.be has produced on this page.

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Pascal

– An African village in Belgium
Belgeoblog discovered a filmset on Google Earth. While this aerial picture was taken, the crew was filming this commercial.

– The world’s biggest Happy New Year card
The world’s biggest Happy New Year card was discovered on Google Earth A greeting card, size XXXXXXXL, was found on Google Earth. On the 11th floor of a parking building in the center of Brussels.

– Postcards from Belgium
Old Belgian postcards shown on Google Earth at the exact spot where these pictures were taken a hundred years ago.

– A collection of all Belgian military bases.

– Image overlay of a map of Antwerp in 1896.

– Image overlay of a map of Brussels in 1858.

– Image overlay of a map of the Royal Domain in Laken in mid-19th century.

– Image overlays of different maps of the Place de Brouckère and the Stockmarket in Brussels (1858, 1880 and 1930)

– The complete map of the Brussels World’s Fair of 1958

– The average sound of airplanes ascending and descending on Brussels International Airport: averages of 2004 - averages of 2005

– The Brussels metro network

– Statistics shown in 3D: population in the Brussels region: in absolute numbers and population density

– Virtual tramrides in Brussels (video + Google Earth)

– All airfields and airplanes in Belgium.

– Bombspotting
The exact location of nuclear weapons in Belgium

– Fly with a helicopter over Belgium
flight over Brussels nr 1
flight over Brussels nr 2
flight over Brussels nr 3
flight over Wallonia
flight over the Belgian coast
Open the folder and click on ‘Vlieg over Brussel’ or ‘Start’, then click the ‘play’-button.

– Bars and restaurants
A lot of bars and restaurants in Brussels (frequently updated)

– Pictures on Google Earth
You can see my pictures of an abandoned highway on Google Earth, or an abandoned huge railway station.