On August 12th, 2007 I took this screenshot for my blog entry related to the Astro-theological overlays for Google Earth. The project overlaid the zodiac on locations of religious importance: Vatican City, Mecca, and Jerusalem.

Today I discovered that that the names for the locations have changed in Google Earth.

note: the Kaaba is in the lower right-hand corner

My entire life I have always spelled it the city as Mecca. I wonder when this was changed? Should I change my spellings? Some day I would like to visit the holy city of Makkah :-)

Related Mecca Entries:

• The Craig Retroazimuthal Projection aka the Mecca Projection
• Google Map Mashup: The Qibla Locator
• [Update] The Architectural Athan Drum & Bass Mashup via YouTube Doubler is now transcribed
• The Athan Drum & Bass Mashup via YouTube Doubler
• (Mecca) is now Makkah
• The Astro-Theological Overlays for Google Earth
• 911 F