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Google Earth Imagery Update - June 7
06/07/09 05:12 PM (67.121.127.128)
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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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Parabellum
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Re: Google Earth Imagery Update - June 7
[Re: kjfitz]
06/07/09 05:35 PM (67.142.130.26)
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Pisa, Italy resolution is worse. Much worse.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&q=Italy&ie=UTF8&ll=43.723029,10.396402&spn=0.001772,0.003455&z=18
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mlc1us
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Re: Google Earth Imagery Update - June 7
[Re: kjfitz]
06/09/09 09:06 PM (71.113.60.45)
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Official list from the Google Lat Long Blog
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kjfitz
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Re: Google Earth Imagery Update - June 7
[Re: mlc1us]
06/09/09 10:52 PM (75.17.60.179)
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The imagery in Venice is very high res. You can easily make out the pigeons in St Mark's Square.
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