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Burning Man 2013

August 25, 2013

We’ve discussed the famous Burning Man event quite a few times in the past (2011, 2010, 2007, 2006) as Google often features aerial imagery from the event in Google Earth.  In fact, by using the historical imagery feature in the Black Rock, NV area you can find imagery from many of their events over the past few years.

burning-man

This year’s festival begins tomorrow and Google has gone even further and created a detailed map of every street at the event.  The roads are viewable in Google Earth, but are easier to use in Google Maps in this case.

burning-man-roads

You can see it for yourself in this map on Google Maps, or read more on Google Maps Mania.

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  1. John Person says

    August 25, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    That’s fine and dandy, but the street map is aligned with the imagery from 2012. The exact location of Black Rock City varies each year, so when the 2013 imagery is entered, the streets will be in the wrong spot.

  2. Mark Lewis Wagner says

    August 25, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    If you want to see my desert drawings from last years Burning Man, follow the above link, turn it on satellite, and go out into the desert at 10:00 and Laissez-faire. ~MLW

    • Christian Villum says

      August 26, 2013 at 6:27 am

      Mark, that is amazing. Do you have any photos of that from the ground?

      • mark wagner says

        September 18, 2013 at 12:29 pm

        hey christian, look here for ground images… sweet.
        http://www.drawingonearth.org/satellite_photo_burning_man_2012

        • Christian Villum says

          September 19, 2013 at 2:49 am

          Thank you Mark, love this project 🙂

    • Loryn says

      August 26, 2013 at 8:24 am

      Awesome MAn!!

    • Kendall Futch says

      August 26, 2013 at 6:05 pm

      very cool. maybe take it up a notch with some fire! that would be a sick satellite image 🙂

  3. Christian Villum says

    August 26, 2013 at 2:58 am

    How about publishing a night time aerial photo, too? I imagine it would stunning.



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