This amusing anomaly from GoogleEarth shows a road in Cork where the traffic is apparently driving to their doom – or at least disappointment. What actually seems to have happened, is that the seams of two satellite photos (that were taken probably weeks or months apart) meet, in the middle of this road, and show a new road, complete with traffic, flowing rather seamlessly into the old road.

Speaking of doom and gloom and google, according to the Telegraph, (via Pruned), evidence has been found that terrorists had been using GoogleEarth to plan attacks on British bases in Basra.

Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their attacks, say Army intelligence sources.

Documents seized during raids on the homes of insurgents last week uncovered print-outs from photographs taken from Google.

The satellite photographs show in detail the buildings inside the bases and vulnerable areas such as tented accommodation, lavatory blocks and where lightly armoured Land Rovers are parked.

Written on the back of one set of photographs taken of the Shatt al Arab Hotel, headquarters for the 1,000 men of the Staffordshire Regiment battle group, officers found the camp’s precise longitude and latitude.

“This is evidence as far as we are concerned for planning terrorist attacks,” said an intelligence officer with the Royal Green Jackets battle group. “Who would otherwise have Google Earth imagery of one of our bases?… We believe they use Google Earth to identify the most vulnerable areas such as tents.”