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July 01, 2008
South Africa Tourism Layer
As mentioned back in May, the South African Tourism office created a tourism layer for Google Earth. The layer is now in the Gallery->Travel and Tourism->South Africa Tourism layer folder. This layer has placemarks of interest all around the country including museums, beaches, safaris, surfing, hiking and more. South Africa will also be hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup and placemarks showing the location of the venues (including new stadiums in several cities) provide details on where the action will be located. The new content was just placed in the layers of Google Earth today.
I'm sure by 2010 we'll see some new updated aerial or satellite photography and 3D models of the new stadiums to help everyone get their bearings before heading down for the events. I've been planning to visit the country myself for some time, so this layer will come in handy for my trip preparations.
Posted by FrankTaylor at July 1, 2008 04:35 PM
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Posted by: Patti Fiette at July 2, 2008 09:23 AM
Hey Frank
We're very excited about being able to showcase our country like this.
Thanks again for your help and inspiration in getting this going.
Posted by: Rob at July 2, 2008 11:38 AM
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Thanks for tying this into an upcoming event, we'll use it.