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Bing did a small release of aerial imagery this week. See the Bing Maps Blog for details.

Google Earth/Maps also released new imagery this week. See the Google LatLong blog for details.

Google Earth also added historical images of Berlin from 1945 and 1953. See the announcement at the Google LatLong blog.

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New imagery release announced at Google LatLong blog with their 'Where in the World is' quiz. Google Earth blog has a list (with frequent updates) of new imagery found so far. As usual new imagery is not yet available in Google Maps.

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Bing Maps latest release of 867K square km in 40 countries/ territories can be found at Bing Maps World Tour. No BEV in this release.

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Canada
* Calgary
* Halifax
* Montreal
* Ottawa
* Quebec
* Toronto
* Vancouver

Czech Republic
* Prague

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Official list, including a handy kml outlining all of the new imagery is at the
Google LatLong Blog

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41TB of new satellite imagery, aerial photography and vector data for Bing Maps covering 189,000+ square kilometers of Earth including 12,000+ square kilometers of Bird’s Eye photography. Check out the Bing Maps World Tour. List of new imagery can be found at Bing Maps Blog.

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Google has pushed out an imagery update today for Google Earth. From various accounts, this one covers a lot of area. Details are at Google Earth Blog, which is continually being updated. Official announcement expected soon - usually announced at Google Lat Long Blog

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From Google Earth Blog:

*Oman - Medium resolution Spot Image.
*Yemen - Medium resolution Spot Image.
*Guadaloupe - Not sure if this is new this month, but Isle des Saintes in Guadaloupe now has 3D terrain (previously the islands were flat).
*Romania - Constanţa
*Sri Lanka - Kataragama Peak
*France - Largentiere (Ardeche) (Thanks Maarten), Departments of Aisne, Ardennes, Eure, Eure-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Ardeche, Alpes-Maritime, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Ain, Rhone, Allier, Doubs
*Bulgaria - Entire country - Medium resolution Spot Image
*Greece - "Lots of areas" have new high res - confirmed in Larissa, Kythira, Kamari
*Niger - Dirkou
*Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia - new medium Spot Image
*Poland - Ciechanów (southern part), Kołobrzeg, Łask (winter photo)
*India - Bina, Madhya Pradesh
*Republic of Congo - Loubomo
*Spain - Ferrol, Monte Coya
*USA - Contra Costa County, CA has new high res; Niagara Falls has been ruined with low resolution imagery!
*Chile - Castro and Chilo&acutee; Island hi-res
*Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq - these countries has been color processed to look consistent
*Libya - Some new Geoeye (May) just south of Sert
*Saudi Arabia - Riyadh got some GeoEye
*Canary Islands - Grand Canaria - new high res
*Faroe Islands - New high res terrain
*Maldives - Kudahuvadhoo
*Ghana - Tumu
*Philippines - El Nido

Google will probably announce this update on their Lat Long Blog soon.

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From the Google Earth Blog:

* Saudi Arabia
* Afghanistan - large areas with medium resolution Spot Image
* France - Department of Gard, Normandy (Omaha Beach). Also: departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. - Thanks 'mortimer'; Also: Oise, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Finistère, Côtes-d'Armor Côte-d'Or, Gers, Dordogne, Lot, Corrèze, Creuse, Cher, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Orne, Maine-et-Loire, Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse, Haute-Loire
* India - Akola, Maharashta, Sirur, Chinchosi, Kon Goan, Utran, and other areas in the northwest
* US - New colorization; Tampa, Florida
* Egypt - Gaza Pyramids - Thanks Ernie. (Try to ignore the current ugly 3D models for the pyramids, they'll be replaced I'm told). Also, western half of Egypt has medium resolution Spot Image.
* Canada - Surrey, BC - thanks Daniel. Also: Québec / Bas-Saint-Laurent: Saint-Fabien and Mont-Joli and in Gaspésie: Métis-sur-Mer, Sainte-Flavie. Note: "BIG mistake fron GE team, the Rimouski region (Québec) is marked "Haute-Côte-Nord" (Upper North Coast)the Upper North Coast is located where the Saguenay River flows into it..."
* Thailand - Prachuap Khiri Khan province, along the boundary to Myanmar. - Thanks Andy. Chiang Khong
* China - Hong Kong, Kowloon, Fuzhou
* Japan - Mount Fuji
* Iran - Spot Image
* Pakistan - Spot Image
* Austria - Vienna
* Italy - Venice, Pisa (reportedly very high resolution)
* Luxemborg - Southwestern part
* Spain - Northern part around Costa Brava
* Cambodia - Kampot & Kep
* Tajikistan - Eastern half

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Bing Maps Blog announced their May imagery release. Instead of providing a ginormous list of locations they presented a slick new toy - Bing Maps World Tour

Unfortunately, there's no new BEV...again.

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