Check this out, that's so cool. I love seeing social events being organised so that they can get a picture taken from satellites in orbit!

(Brazen and Blatant lift from SlashDot)

"Citizens of the Russian town Chelyabinsk calculated when the satellite, QuickBird, which takes images for Google Earth and Google Maps, would cross above their city and used people to make a giant smiley face. A rock concert on the main square attracted many people and everyone got a yellow cape. It looks like someone at Google was quicker than usual to put up the new data. Maybe Google likes the idea of an entire town working hard to get its 15 minutes of fame. The article has a screenshot of Google Maps and images taken directly at the event."

I think we need a geek-fest organised at a Microsoft Campus in time for the Live Maps satellite to pass over and snap a picture or too ;-)

Read the complete post at http://wmug.co.uk/blogs/r0b/archive/2008/09/25/russians-smiling-right-back-at-ya-via-google-maps.aspx