Where on Earth is Waldo, (Soon to Be) the Google Maps Version

AHHH! This is a crazy idea. Cant wait to find it and be all smart. :P

I LOVE this idea! There should be a prize for the person who finds all the Waldo images!

i find the whole waldo/wally thing a bit confusing.

i always believed they were British books, and over here he's called wally, except his nemisis sort of guy the yellow striped one, is called odlaw, which is waldo backwards.
just seems a bit strange as to why they did that really

Sounds like fun. I'm in!

Oh em geeee. TY LTJ! Waldo is Odlaw backwards! And I never realised! :o

i like the contest idea...where's waldo around the world lol

I use to LOVE Where's Waldo. This is such a great idea!

Found him.

No, no, no. It should be "Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?"

I loved those books when I was a kid!

People with lotsa time on their hands.

As a kid, I always wondered if you got paid to find Waldo in real life.

What a fun thing to do. Good for her.

I had a similar idea. Because I can't think of a way to make money on it, here it is: companies should put their logos on their roofs. I was looking for a Target on a Google Maps aerial photo and I thought I had the right building but I wasn't sure. Wouldn't it have been convenient for me, and money-making for Target, if there had been a huge red Target logo on the roof so that I could be sure?

Little stores couldn't do it because they wouldn't have roof space, and local businesses probably don't have well-known logos. But McDonalds, Target, Wal-Mart, etc. could make finding their locations very easy.

W. 4th and Maple! I take the bus by there every day, it's unmistakable.

It doesn't appear on google maps yet. Here's the location
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=W.+4th+and+Maple,+vancouver&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.764446,96.328125&ie=UTF8&ll=49.267754,-123.149496&spn=0.001183,0.00294&t=h&z=19

Or you could just look up the address of the Target store itself. Do you really need to identify it by air to find it on the ground?

Is that a steam pipe sticking up at Waldo's bum?

Hrmmm. I can't wait to see Waldo in the middle of the desert!

Silly, now I know where to look!

This'd be ideal for Guess Where Vancouver :)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/guesswherevancouver/

this is my local supermarket, and it does have it's name on the roof like someone mentioned.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=cheadle&ie=UTF8&ll=53.37618,-2.215714&spn=0.001421,0.006781&t=h&z=18

but this isn't a goolgle maps thing it's because the incoming flight path of manchester airport runs right by, hence why it's upside down

that is just great!

how often do the Google sats fly by? my house hasn't been "updated" yet!

ross - There are no "Google sats" - they buy the data from various sources. Depending on where it is, it could be as short as a year or two. Or never. (A lot of areas are still in original low resolution.)

Let's hope Google Maps is faster to update some regions like this more than others. They haven't updated my area for years.

Brilliant idea!!

yeah, why is it "Where's Wally" in England?

D'oh. I had an idea to mow a funny shape in a field, but you're idea is better so I'll give up.

I guess I will have to find out when the google street view cars will be rolling by so I can put funny stuff in my neighbor's driveway.

Clever idea!

Hi! Glad to see all the comments! I am involved in Melanie's project and it is great fun. Now all we need is for Google Earth to fly by and take a snapshot. I wrote an article on my blog about the "Where on Earth is Waldo" project in relation to the question of "Is Google God?". I show a photo from 2007 where a huge (biodegradable) Homer Simpson showed up on a British hillside next to a famous fertility symbol chalkdrawing, the "Cerne Abbas Giant". Here is a link to my article:
http://cameofagebeforecomputers.blogspot.com/
Nancy

@definitelyme : why is it “Where’s Wally” in England?
Yep, it should be something else...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article75115.ece

where's waldo, the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwGU_Zy6LAg

I was waldo for halloween last year. the best reaction I got was "There you are"

Thats neat! Even harder to find in a city full of color....now who's going to make Carmen San Diego?