kjfitz
09/19/05 01:53 PM
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I noticed that the Antarctic has been upgraded on the world map. The polar distortion has been fixed. Compare current to this thumbnail:
http://googleglobetrotting.com/info.php/mid/3113
There is also a statment floating around that there have been other recent updates:
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2005/09/google-maps-imagery-update.html
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Very High Resolution Areas
Jacksonville, FL 2004; Los Angeles, CA 2003; Oxnard, CA 2004;Tampa/St.Petersburg 2002
New High-Resolution Areas
Wilmington, NC; Myrtle Beach, SC; Quito, Ecuador; Caracas, Venezuela; La Paz,
Bolivia; Canary Islands; Brussels, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Belgrade,
Serbia; Vilnius, Lithuania; Riga, Latvia; Kiev, Ukraine; Mumbai, India; Bangalore,
India; Hyderabad, India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Hiroshima, Japan; Kobe, Japan;
Osaka, Japan; Kyoto, Japan; Nagoya, Japan; Sapporo, Japan; Shanghai, China;
Saertu, China; Havana, Cuba;
Updated or Additional Coverage Areas
Nashville, TN; Quebec, Canada; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo, Brazil;
Venice, Italy; Milan, Italy; Birmingham, UK; Plymouth, UK; Dublin, Ireland;
Frankfurt, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Warsaw, Poland; Istanbul, Turkey; New
Delhi, India; Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul, South Korea; Pyongyang, North Korea;
Stockholm, Sweden; Cape Town, South Africa;
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I think a lot of these pertain to just Google Earth though and not Google Maps. For instance Hiroshima doesn't look any clearer but is all there in high res in Google Earth. Bangalore is another.
kjfitz
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