The Newest Nobel Peace Winner....

[Princess Turandot]

takes his place in Google Earth:

That brightish icon all the way out at Pearl is you-know-who. (He's at Hawaii since the Nobel folks cite the birth place as an identifier for all of their winners.)



If you have Google Earth and download the file, you'll see the real version of this:



And you'll learn a little bit about the 97 folks and 20 organizations who have won the prize, including 4 American presidents.

The Google Earth Community download is here: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1266769

If you don't have Google Earth, download it from here (and only from here) for free: http://earth.google.com/

PT

[livetohike]

1. Thank you for posting this!

Take a good look all you Freepers :-).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thank you for the great images! (nt)

[Jackeens]

3. 'Error: You've already recommended that thread'

Thank you!

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Coool....! Very cool. thanks.

[firedupdem]

5. Rec'd! Beautiful! Thanks n/t

[Princess Turandot]

6. Thanks, but check out the full file if you can..

it's got a lot of interesting people in it, especially after the 1950's or so, when Europe was understandably mired in the lead-up and aftermath of WW1 and 2. You'll learn the name of the gal who actually was largely influential in the land mine ban efforts, for example, whose name did not begin with a 'D'. Lots of other cool people.

[Hepburn]

7. Outstanding ~~ KNR! n/t

[Princess Turandot]

8. Kicking..

because i have no pride lol.

Thanks for recommending the post.

Also, I should have mentioned you hopefully can see this in Google Maps, using this link, without Google Earth:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fbbs.keyhole.com%2Fubb%2Fubbthreads.php%3Fubb%3Ddownload%26Number%3D833170%26output%3Dmaps&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=67.548891,127.705078&ie=UTF8&ll=27.839076,-111.269531&spn=125.339693,255.410156&t=h&z=3

You can zoom out to see all of the recipients or scroll down on the left to see the various people. Hawaii should be in the center; if you don't see an icon there, zoom *in* by a click.
If you see no icons at all, try un-checking/ re-checking the check box next to 'The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates' in the left panel or zoom in. It will take a few moments to load. Click on the icons or sidebar items to see information about each winner.

PT