Sunday, November 25th, 2012
The mysterious South Pacific island that wasn't there could be just one many errors made in the process of digitising satellite maps of the world, an expert said today. Sandy Island, which appears on satellite images as an...
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
The supposedly sizeable strip of land, named Sandy Island on Google maps, was positioned midway between Australia and French-governed New Caledonia. But when scientists from the University of Sydney went to the area, they found only the blue...
