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The striking young man - never without his red-and-white-striped top, bobble hat, walking stick and glasses - had a habit of turning up in the most unlikely and crowded of places, from ancient Aztec kingdoms to medieval battlefields.
Melanie Coles, the artist, has released this photo of the figure taken from a helicopter
But now a Canadian artist has brought the game into the 21st Century, by painting an enormous Wally that can be seen by Google Earth satellites...
Canadian artist Melanie Coles is revamping an age-old kid's game with satellites, Google Earth and a brightly colored rooftop painting.
Coles's project, Where on Earth is Waldo?, is a twist on the popular series of books Where's Waldo?, but instead of identifying Waldo among pages of cluttered illustrations, players will hunt for Waldo using the popular virtual globe program, Google Earth. Coles constructed a 55-foot long Waldo, clad in his characteristic red-and-white striped sweater, matching ski cap and glasses, on a rooftop in Vancouver, Canada, though she's keeping mum on the exact location...
On a rooftop, high above the busy city streets, hides a bespectacled boy in a red-and-white striped shirt, just waiting to be found.
Don't worry, Vancouver art student Melanie Coles knows just where he is. She put him up there, after all.
Now Coles, 22, is asking the world to go looking for him using the satellite imaging software of Google Earth.
