kjfitz
01/23/06 08:46 PM
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Here's just part of what's new. There were other differences preceding that that I'll try to find. Looks like they roll out database enhancements every two to three months.
This was the Dec 5 upgrade to Google Earth.
A large collection of 6" data for the UK
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- England (London 2001, Bedfordshire 2002, Berkeshire-2003,
Birmingham-2001, Bournemouth-2000, Bournemouth-2003, Bristol-2003,
Broadlands-2003, Cambridge-City-2002, Cambridgeshire-2003, Corby-2003,
Coventry-2001, Dudley-2001, Exmoor-2003, Farnborough-2004,
Gloucester-2002, Gosport-2001, Isle-of-Wight-2004,
Kingston-upon-Hull-2003, Lancashire-2000, Luton-BC-and-Airport-2003,
Manchester-2000, Mansfield-2003, Medway-2003, Merseyside-2000,
Milton-Keynes-2000, North-Lincs-2002, Peterborough-Hampton-2002,
Poole-2000, Portsmouth-2004, Reigate_and_Banstead-2003,
Runnymede-and-Spelthorne-2002, Sandwell-2001, Sevenoaks-2001,
Solihull-2001, South-Cambridgeshire-2003, South-Oxfordshire-2003,
South-Yorkshire-2002, South_Ayrshire-1999, Southampton-2004,
Southend-2003, Stansted-2004, Suffolk-Coast-2000, Surrey-1999,
Swansea-2003, Tyne-Wear-Gateshead-2001, Tyne-Wear-Newcastle-2001,
Tyne-Wear-North-Tyneside-2001, Tyne-Wear-South-Tyneside-2001,
Tyne-Wear-Sunderland-2001, West-Yorkshire-2002, Wolverhampton-2001,
Wycombe-2003, Wyre-Forest-2004)
- Scotland (Aberdeen 2001, Craigmore 2003, Dundee 2001, Glasgow 2002,
Renfrewshire 2002)
- Northern Ireland (Northern Belfast 2001, Northern Carrickfergus
2001, North Downs 2001)
- Wales (Blaenau Gwent 2001, Bridgend 2003, Caerphilly 2001, Cardiff
2001, Merthyr Tydfil-2001, Newport 2001, Rhondda Cynon Taff 2001,
Torfaen 2001, Vale of Glamorgan 2001)
Updated/improved Digital Globe .7m data
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- Alexandria, Egypt
- Asuncion, Paraguay
- Bamako, Mali
- Bangalore, India
- Cairo, Egypt
- Hyderbad, India
- Kano, Nigeria
- La Paz, Bolivia
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Provo, Utah
- Pune, India
- Quito, Ecuador
- Sydney, Australia
- Tokyo, Japan (note: newer 2' DG data replaced some very old 1' data)
NYGIS (updated imagery)
- Albany, NY
- Columbia, NY
USGS
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Mt. Helena, Montana
- Nashville, TN
Other
- fixed mask for Galapagos Islands
- Digital Globe imagery of Pakistan earthquake area
- Nanaimo, Canada
- NW Arkansas
October 14 Update:
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; Harare, Zimbabwe; Liverpool, UK; Portsmouth, UK; Middlesborough/Hartlepool, UK; Darwin, Australia
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; Ankara, Turkey; New Delhi, India; Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul, South Korea; Pyongyang, North Korea; Stockholm, Sweden; Cape Town, South Africa;
This was the Aug 15 update:
0 .7m/pixel
Aguas Calientes, Amman, Anchorage, Athens, Baghdad,
Barcelona, Basra, Belgrade, Belo Horizonte,
Boise City, Brasillia, Brisbane, Canberra,
Cape Town, Casablanca, Durban, Fairbanks,
Fortaleza, Guadalajara, Halifax, Helena,
Honolulu, Istanbul, Karachi, Las Vegas,
Lima, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Madrid, Naples,
Perth, Quebec, Regina, Reval, Rio de Janeiro,
Rome, San Antonio, San Jose (CA), San Salvador,
Santiago, Santo Domingo, Saskatoon, Skopje,
Spokane, Tunis, Vancouver, Windhoek, Winnipeg
Mt. Everest
Berlin, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney,
Hamburg, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Mexico City
1ft/pixel (city centers only)
Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu,
Kansas City, Long Beach, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans,
New York, Niagara, Philadelphia, Phoenix,
Pittsburgh, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco,
St. Louis, Washington DC
San Francisco, Cleveland, Lexington, Mobile, Seattle,
Sea Island, Harrisburg, Salt Lake City
6in/pixel (city centers only)
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver,
Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Jersey City, Las Vegas,
Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Newark,
Philadelphia, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle,
St. Louis, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Washington DC
Finally, the Google Mountain View Campus is at 1in/pixel.
kjfitz
Virtual Globetrotting Moderator
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