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| 1 | Google Earth ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 44.88 / 10.4242 | Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles (...) | |
| 2 | Durban ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : -29.8741 / 31.0102 | Durban (from itheku meaning "bay/lagoon") is the third most populous city in South Africa—after Johannesburg and Cape Town—and the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Located on the east coast of South Africa, Durban is famous for being the busiest port in the country (...) | |
| 3 | Portland International Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 45.5896 / -122.5921 | Portland International Airport is a joint civil-military airport and the largest airport in the U.S. state of Oregon that accounts for 90% of passenger travel and more than 95% of air cargo of the state. It is within Portland's city limits just south of the Columbia River in Multnomah County, by air (...) | |
| 4 | Berlin ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 52.5029 / 13.4042 | Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3,711,930 (2017) inhabitants make it the second most populous city proper of the European Union after London. The city is one of Germany's 16 federal states, and it is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, the (...) | |
| 5 | Sri Lanka ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 6.9 / 79.9 | Sri Lanka (; '; Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea (...) | |
| 6 | Maharashtra ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 18.97 / 72.82 | Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH) is a state of India, in the western region of the country and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area. Spread over , it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west and the Indian states of Karnataka, Telangana, Goa, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and (...) | |
| 7 | The Bund ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 31.2389 / 121.4872 | The Bund or Waitan (Shanghainese: nga3thae1) is a waterfront area in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East No.1 Zhongshan Road) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu (...) | |
| 8 | 2011 Cricket World Cup ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 22.3217 / 91.8153 | The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2011) was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and (for the first time) Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus (...) | |
| 9 | Rangpur City ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 25.7439 / 89.2752 | Rangpur is one of the major cities in Bangladesh and Rangpur Division. Rangpur was declared a district headquarters on 16 December 1769, and established as a municipality in 1869, making it one of the oldest municipalities in Bangladesh (...) | |
| 10 | Kolhapur ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 561 Lat/Lng : 16.6917 / 74.2333 | Kolhapur (Kolhapur.ogg) is a historic city of Maharashtra. It is the district headquarters of Kolhapur district. Prior to Indian Independence, Kolhapur was a nineteen gun salute princely state ruled by the Bhosale Chhatrapati (Bhosale royal clan) of the Maratha Empire. (...) | |
| 11 | November 2015 Paris attacks ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 48.8619 / 2.3468 | The November 2015 Paris attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 21:16 CET, three suicide bombers struck outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, during a football (...) | |
| 12 | IKEA ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 52.1671 / 4.4824 | IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells , kitchen appliances and home accessories, among other useful goods and occasionally home services. It has been the world's largest furniture retailer since at least 2008 (...) | |
| 13 | Drug Enforcement Administration ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 38.8422 / -77.0517 | The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and distribution within the United States (...) | |
| 14 | Adidas ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 327 Lat/Lng : 49.5825 / 10.9094 | Adidas AG (; stylized as ɑdidɑs since 1949) is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world, after Nike (...) | |
| 15 | Replicas of the Statue of Liberty ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 48.8464 / 2.3332 | Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) have been created worldwide. (...) | |
| 16 | Cuddalore ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 11.75 / 79.75 | Cuddalore is a town which is the headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Scholars believe the name Cuddalore is derived from Koodalur, meaning confluence in Tamil. While the early history of Cuddalore remains unclear, the town first rose to prominence during (...) | |
| 17 | Dharavi ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 19.0402 / 72.8508 | Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered one of the largest slums in Asia. Dharavi has an area of just over and a population of about 700,000. With a population density of over , Dharavi is one of the densest areas in the world (...) | |
| 18 | 2016 ICC World Twenty20 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 22.5644 / 88.3433 | The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC World Twenty20, the world championship of Twenty20 International cricket. It was held in India from 8 March to 3 April 2016, and was the first edition to be hosted by that country (...) | |
| 19 | Tram ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 530 Lat/Lng : 48.1484 / 11.4616 | A tram (in North America streetcar or trolley) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets; some include segments of segregated right-of-way. The lines or networks operated by tramcars are called tramways (...) | |
| 20 | PricewaterhouseCoopers ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 51.5077 / -0.1241 | PricewaterhouseCoopers (doing business as PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom. PwC ranks as the second largest professional services firm in the world behind Deloitte, and is one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG (...) | |
| 21 | Railway electrification system ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 53.4491 / 10.0015 | A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply. Electric railways use electric locomotives to haul passengers or freight in separate cars or electric multiple units, passenger cars with their own motors (...) | |
| 22 | Mangalore ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 12.8694 / 74.8426 | Mangalore, officially known as Mangaluru, is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore, between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats mountain range (...) | |
| 23 | Manila ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 14.5833 / 120.9667 | Manila (; , or), officially the City of Manila , is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the most densely populated cities proper in the world. It was the first chartered city by virtue of the Philippine Commission Act 183 on July 31, 1901 and gained autonomy with the passage of Republic Act (...) | |
| 24 | Central station ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 519 Lat/Lng : 48.1405 / 11.5529 | Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the city centres themselves.Kellerman, Aharon (...) | |
| 25 | Cochin University of Science and Technology ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 10.045 / 76.326 | Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a government-owned autonomous science and technology university in Kochi, Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, it has three campuses: two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland (...) | |
| 26 | Maersk ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 55.688 / 12.5976 | A.P. Moller–Maersk Group , also known as simply Maersk, it is a Danish business conglomerate with activities in the transport, logistics and energy sectors. Maersk has been the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world since 1996 (...) | |
| 27 | Fiat S.p.A. ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 249 Lat/Lng : 45.0326 / 7.6669 | Fiat S.p.A., or Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), was an Italian holding company whose original and core activities were in the automotive industry, and that was succeeded by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) (...) | |
| 28 | Piracy off the coast of Somalia ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 3.18 / 68.86 | Piracy off the coast of Somalia has been a threat to international shipping since the second phase of the Somali Civil War, around 2000, when foreign ships exploited the coastline area because of the absence of an effective national coast guard by invading the fishing grounds and also dumping (...) | |
| 29 | 2004 Madrid train bombings ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 628 Lat/Lng : 40.4066 / -3.6894 | The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known in Spain as 11-M) were nearly simultaneous, coordinated bombings against the Cercanías commuter train system of Madrid, Spain, on the morning of 11 March 2004 – three days before Spain's general elections (...) | |
| 30 | Holy Spirit Hospital (Mumbai) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 52 Lat/Lng : 19.128 / 72.866 | Holy Spirit Hospital is a Charitable Trust Hospital located in Andheri, Mumbai, owned and managed by the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, which began in 1964 as an out-patient clinic. (...) | |
| 31 | 2016 Ouagadougou attacks ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 304 Lat/Lng : 12.3613 / -1.5202 | On 15 January 2016, gunmen armed with heavy weapons attacked the Cappuccino restaurant and the Splendid Hotel in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The number of fatalities reached 30, while at least 56 were wounded; a total of 176 hostages were released after a government (...) | |
| 32 | International School of Information Management ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 781 Lat/Lng : 12.3143 / 76.6216 | The International School of Information Management (ISiM) is the first Indian i-School and is an autonomous constituent institute of the University of Mysore, located in Mysore in Karnataka State, Southern India (...) | |
| 33 | Causeway ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 19.0487 / 72.8382 | A causeway is a track, road or railway on top of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water".Oxford English Dictionary It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet Track in the Somerset Levels, England, that (...) | |
| 34 | Sion ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 997 Lat/Lng : 6.2167 / 15.6333 | Sion may be a transliteration of Zion or may refer to: (...) | |
| 35 | Dawson's Field hijackings ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 554 Lat/Lng : 32.1059 / 36.1567 | --> In September 1970, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four airliners bound for New York City and one for London. Three aircraft were forced to land at Dawson's Field, a remote desert airstrip near Zarqa, Jordan, formerly Royal Air Force Station Zerqa, (...) | |
| 36 | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 606 Lat/Lng : 23.4122 / 85.44 | Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) is an Indian institute of higher education and a deemed University under Section 3 of the UGC Act. It was established in the year 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi in the state of Jharkhand, India by the philanthropist and industrialist Late Shri. B. M. Birla (...) | |
| 37 | Kibera ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1744 Lat/Lng : -1.311 / 36.787 | Kibera (Nubian: Forest or Jungle) is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa.http://www.dominionpaper (...) | |
| 38 | Nihonjin gakkō ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 216 Lat/Lng : 42.1214 / -87.9814 | , also called Japanese school, is a full-day school outside Japan for native speakers of Japanese. It is an expatriate school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions overseas and have plans to repatriate to Japan (...) | |
| 39 | Ernst & Young ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 51.5051 / -0.0832 | Ernst & Young (doing business as EY) is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. EY is one of the largest professional services firms in the world and is one of the "Big Four" accounting firms (...) | |
| 40 | Rurka Kalan ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 223 Lat/Lng : 31.07 / 75.41 | Rurka Kalan is a village in the Tehsil Phillaur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. (...) | |
| 41 | January 1915 ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -76.5667 / -31.5 | The following events occurred in January 1915: (...) | |
| 42 | Navteq ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 189 Lat/Lng : 41.8844 / -87.6392 | Navteq (styled as 'NAVTEQ') was an American Chicago-based provider of geographic information system (GIS) data and a major provider of base electronic navigable maps. The company was acquired by Nokia in 2007/2008, and fully merged into Nokia in 2011 to form part of the Here business unit. (...) | |
| 43 | Techfest ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 19.1336 / 72.9154 | Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It also refers to the independent body of students who organize this event along with many other social initiatives and outreach programs around the year (...) | |
| 44 | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 36.8538 / -76.2995 | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ; stylized PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A nonprofit corporation with nearly 400 employees, it claims that it has 6 (...) | |
| 45 | Metro ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 275 Lat/Lng : -8.1831 / 112.5342 | Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: (...) | |
| 46 | INS Kadamba ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 14.7642 / 74.1284 | INS Kadamba is an Indian Navy base located near Karwar in Karnataka. The first phase of construction of the base, code-named Project Seabird, was completed in 2005 and the base was commissioned on 31 May 2005. Development of Phase II commenced in 2011 (...) | |
| 47 | August 1962 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2986 Lat/Lng : 42.0333 / 75.75 | The following events occurred in August 1962: (...) | |
| 48 | ESB Business School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 383 Lat/Lng : 48.4908 / 9.2058 | The ESB Business School (formerly ESB Reutlingen) is Reutlingen University's business school founded in 1979 and based in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Since 2008, the school is responsible for all business related degree programs of the university (...) | |
| 49 | Plan International ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 51.3206 / -0.5547 | Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation which works in 71 countries across the world, in Africa, the Americas, and Asia to advance children’s rights and equality for girls (...) | |
| 50 | Madras School of Economics ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 13.0171 / 80.2379 | Madras School of Economics is an institution of higher education in economics, located in Chennai, India. Madras School of Economics was founded in 1995 as a private post-graduate institution for teaching and research in economics (...) | |
| 51 | New Town Eco Park ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 22.5989 / 88.4669 | New Town Eco Park (Prakriti Tirtha) is an urban park in Rajarhat, Kolkata and the biggest park so far in India. The park is situated on a plot and is surrounded by a waterbody with an island in the middle. The park was conceptualised by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee in July 2011 (...) | |
| 52 | ProMéxico ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2419 Lat/Lng : 19.3108 / -99.2182 | ProMéxico is a trust fund of the Federal government of Mexico —a subdivision of the Secretariat of Economy— that promotes international trade and investment. ProMéxico drives the country's active participation in the international arena and firmly establishes it as an attractive, safe and (...) | |
| 53 | Pannur ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 13.4333 / 80.0167 | Pannur is a village in Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu. The village is close to the Tamil Nadu - Andhra Pradesh border and a majority of the populace are Roman Catholics and Kamma Naidus with Telugu-speakers. Pannur village has contributed one bishop, and many number of priests and nuns to serve to (...) | |
| 54 | Mars Society ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1717 Lat/Lng : 39.7296 / -105.122 | The Mars Society is an American worldwide volunteer-driven space-advocacy non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars. Inspired by "The Case for Mars" conferences which were hosted by The Mars Underground at the University of Colorado (...) | |
| 55 | Holon Institute of Technology ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 32.0143 / 34.7738 | Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) , is an academic institution of higher learning in Holon, Israel. It focuses on teaching Science, Engineering, Computer Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Instructional Technologies, Design and Technology Management (...) | |
| 56 | P. S. Senior Secondary School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 13.0312 / 80.2654 | P.S. Senior Secondary School is situated in the Mylapore area of Chennai, India. Most students graduating enter higher education institutions especially engineering institutions like NIT Tiruchi and Anna University. It is rated among the top five schools in Chennai city. (...) | |
| 57 | International Management Institute, New Delhi ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 241 Lat/Lng : 28.5391 / 77.1812 | International Management Institute, New Delhi, known as IMI, New Delhi is a private business school located in New Delhi, India.http://bschools.businesstoday.in/?year=2014&college=IMI-Delhi&rank=9 Established in the year 1981, it was India's first corporate sponsored business school.http://www.imi (...) | |