"For once some advertising I actually like," Joshua noted. "Makes finding places easier." Especially if you shop in a helicopter.
Target, Alexandria, Virginia [Google Maps]
]]>"X" marks the spot to dump the lavatories on the way in to land? :-D
If that's the case, I'd rather it was Mall Wart.
]]>@chiieddy: Not every single one.
@mbgrabbe: It's not on my local Target in Joplin, MO.
wow, I am THAT guy now.Anyway, I liked it enough to dig up my local target.
Have a nice day.
]]>Yeah, I think this predates google earth.
]]>Hey, that's my Target! I always use it as the landmark for when we're flying into National.
And, yeah, I always wondered why they did that. Satellite photos seems like a good reason.
]]>I used satellite imagery to find my dad's place in the middle of nowhere. He couldn't give me directions, but he could describe the surrounding area. (Why couldn't he give directions? Don't ask.)
]]>They have a landing strip as well.
This is apparently where they store the sacred founding documents of their "religion".
They don't want those paperback novels lost to future generations.
]]>@sven.kirk: Helps when driving to places I haven't been before. Sure regular maps are ok but its easier to find a small road knowing that it is next to a field or a big building.
]]>I think this Target practice - pun intended - predates Google Maps. It was probably intended to be visible to people flying in airplanes. For another example, see this one in Queens, New York which is under a flight path into La Guardia airport: [maps.google.com]
]]>@sven.kirk:
I use Google earth to find local parks. A lot of my local parks don't have an accurate address and I use Google Earth as way to find them. Other than that I don't want to wait for it to load.
(Also, it's pretty trippy to look up your own address - I managed to spot my own car sitting on the street in the maps!)
]]>@icantreplyright: I wasn't aware of it, so it was news to me.
]]>@Gizmosmonster: Thank you! I thought I was the only one thinking this. I fly out of DCA regularly and there is a specific path flights going in and out take due to the security restrictions.
]]>"In my day, we needed to log on to the internet through a crappy coaxial cable line and find Target via Google Maps. When we wanted to let our friends know we were going, we'd use Twitter. It had just 140 characters, we didn't need or want any more of 'em..."
]]>@scoobydoo: Wow! You can't miss that one!
]]>@David Garvin: So does HSBC Arena in Buffalo.
]]>Some of this stuff appears on a regular ole map, but it can be difficult to judge the amount of "green space" without a satellite image. Any extra bit of info can be helpful.
]]>Probably just me.
]]>@sven.kirk: I use it to find hotels and get a feel for places I am going to visit.
]]>Given that everyone seems to think Google Earth is only going to become a bigger part of everyone's life, I don't see this as being particularly newsworthy or noteworthy.
]]>Amusing story here:
]]>Well the birds have a nice aiming point for their bathroom breaks.
hey guys, I've actually seen this on every Target Ive ever been too. It's their signature - they put it on all their stores that are in dense urban areas. Its cheap advertising in a googlemaps-driven world.
]]>The Bass Pro Shop north of DFW airport has the logo on the roof, but the other one in Dallas (not near an airport) does not.
]]>Even in the past I'd say that its more helpful in an unfamiliar place to have some kind of landmark. Even if I'm looking down on a building or area I can say "Ok if I hit this ______ I've gone to far" which I wouldn't get on a normal map.
Now that its got street view and many major metro areas have 3-D renderings you can know exactly what the street you're looking for looks like before you get there. Very useful.
]]>http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&ll=42.00557119122396,-87.88727760314941&z=16
This wasn't the result of brilliant marketing strategy, it was the result of a culture that allowed risk taking and creativity. Come up with something cool and you could try it. I don't know if the company still has this level of risk taking anymore. But in the mid/late 90's to mid 2004 it was amazing.
]]>In fact you can see the runway from the parking lot, so the planes are pretty close to the ground as well.
]]>And here's a Navy building built in a pre-Google earch era.
]]>--Major T. J. "King" Kong
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Rosemont, IL
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