Google makes Scilly Islands disappear!

[Barman58]

Just browsing the current Google Earth (V.5) and I have noticed that someone has stolen the Scilly Islands from off the Cornish coast.

2001 they were there !

2009 Gone !!!!

Unless this is proof of global warming would whoever has taken these islands please return them

Welcome to the Isles of Scilly - Simply Scilly

To add insult to injury - if you follow the above link and click on the links on the front page to the individual island of Tresco it gives a "404 Not Found"

 

[smarteyeball]

It's been repossessed. The economic crisis has hit harder than imagined. You'll probably find Scilly at an auction somewhere

 

[Joan Archer]

I found Tresco for you Nigel, from the Home page click on the link for the islands then you can go to all of them from the links down the side of the page you land on
The only page that comes up with nothing, but no errors, is the Uninhabited Islands link.

 

[Barman58]

Hi Joan,

Hope You are Well

It's starting to get Spooky, it's bad enough when Google looses a whole island group - but when the official pages go missing from their own pages Hmmm

 

[swarfega]

I blame the addition of the bathymetry images. They didnt do a thorough job in checking it aka atlantis sillyness.

 

[Ex_Brit]

Sorry, I just bought the Scilly Isles on eBay and am having them dropped in Lake Ontario just off Toronto as we speak......:sarc:

 

[Barman58]

Hi Swarfega,

I agree that the additional images are probably the cause, the "atlantis" issue is more than likely a natural phenomenon, nature does have a habit of producing quite a few "man made" features especially underwater where the natural erosion is less.

would be cool if it was Atlantis though

And I can remember when MS took over Autoroute and Nottingham disappeared

 

[echrada]

Actually the Scilly Islands have been given to Iceland in order that they may make enough money selling them to repay the Brits.

 

[Barman58]

Hello Peter,

If you could please put them back when you've finished with them the local migrants have nowhere to have a rest on their way back from Africa.

 

[Barman58]

Ah,

The Icelandic Bankers - Nuff Said

 

[Ex_Brit]

LOL. Seriously I find it weird that Google would lose things like that. (Or Microsoft lose Nottingham), do they know about it?

 

[Barman58]

Hi Peter,

There is a lot of data to check and I suppose it's going to happen occasionally. Not sre if Google have a feedback option will have a look and if so send them the images I posted. I assume it's not location based, could be a glitch on the server I use for Google earth.

As for the Nottingham incident MS did not correct it for some time - the next release If I recall correctly. The actual detail was there on the map but the name was missing from the database, so did not show on the map or in the searches. I was commuting back and for to Nottingham for work at the time so added a personal bookmark to get around it

 

[Ex_Brit]

Hi Peter,

There is a lot of data to check and I suppose it's going to happen occasionally. Not sre if Google have a feedback option will have a look and if so send them the images I posted. I assume it's not location based, could be a glitch on the server I use for Google earth.

As for the Nottingham incident MS did not correct it for some time - the next release If I recall correctly. The actual detail was there on the map but the name was missing from the database, so did not show on the map or in the searches. I was commuting back and for to Nottingham for work at the time so added a personal bookmark to get around it

Yes, good luck finding how to contact Google, and if you do, good luck on ever getting a reply.

I just tried my Google Earth and it has the same problem. Apparently the islands have now sunk but the towns have remained afloat as you'll see from the attached.

 

[Barman58]

Hi peter,

Amazingly enough Google has a feedback link on their Help pages on line - have sent feedback - Must be the Beta Tester in me .

Am now off to visit my Mum - will do a route on Google - so if i'm not on line for a while they've probably sent me via Timbuktu or somewhere

 

[Ex_Brit]

That's good, I didn't realise they had a link. Now about your visit to your Mum. If you see a circular shimmering pool of light in front of you, do NOT proceed..........
He, he.

 

[Joan Archer]

Hi Peter,

As for the Nottingham incident MS did not correct it for some time - the next release If I recall correctly. The actual detail was there on the map but the name was missing from the database, so did not show on the map or in the searches. I was commuting back and for to Nottingham for work at the time so added a personal bookmark to get around it

I knew I shouldn't have left, obviously the name was missing me so went on strike for a while :sarc: