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An interesting phenomenon happens when one travels the Trans-Canada (Hwy1) east-bound between Banff and Calgary Alberta. (see Google Map)
As you round a corner forty kilometers east of Banff the mountains suddenly vanish and the vast North American prairies present a broadly flat but rolling landscape as far as the eyes can see. There may be a couple hills large enough to block the horizon but for the most part, everything forward is pancake flat.
That’s what the view looks like from Google’s vantage point today.
There are no boundaries to Google’s overall reach. When it comes to both organic search and paid contextual advertising opportunities for webmasters and businesses Google has built the best of all mousetraps, a molehill built up to become a mountain range.
The visual effect is even more stunning driving west into the Rocky Mountains from the central prairies. Just as you reach the current edge of Calgary’s sprawling suburbs, the full magnificence of the Rockies suddenly rises up before you. It is a dramatic and awe inspiring sight, a wall of enormous mountains looming above the flatlands as far as the eyes can see.
