Google Earth Architecture

Above: northwest corner of Bryant Park, 42nd St. and Sixth Ave., New York, NY

Gearthitecture (girth-ih-tek-chur) doesn't roll off the tongue like C-Monster's narchitecture, but it's the best word I could come up with for Google Earth Architecture.

Gearthitecture is the study of distorted designs that emerge when individual Google Earth photos -- taken at different angles by Google's massive fleet of surveillance satellites -- are patched together for display.

While making a Google Earth flight across Manhattan along 42nd St., I noticed more than the usual number of distortions.  Here are 4 of the best, with approximate locations.

Note I have not yet inspected the rooftops for rich people.


Above left: Trump World Tower (near the U.N.) near lower right corner.  Above right: around Rockefeller Center.

Below: 42nd St. and Fifth Ave.  Building in lower left is the main branch of the New York Public Library.