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New Imagery June 2nd

Posted by James Turnbull, Saturday, 2nd June 2007

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For all those who are already sick of Street View, Google have added loads of new imagery and terrain to Google Earth.

The full list of what’s new is on the community forum and Google Earth Blog is keeping up with the latest developments.

Get submitting those new sites sights!

Update June 8th: The new images are now also available in Google Maps

16 Responses to 'New Imagery June 2nd'

  1. Rob says:

    50cm coverage of nearly the entirity of England?!!! Awesome!

  2. James says:

    I agree Rob! Most importantly, high res Wootton:

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  3. Rob says:

    A good sight: Dunsfold Park, Surrey where Top Gear is filmed. Just search for Dunsfold.

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  4. Alex says:

    Not on maps yet it’s worth pointing out – just G Earth.

  5. Izzy says:

    Is that just England or does it include Scotland and Wales as well?

  6. Aimee S. King says:

    Yay! Warrington at last!

  7. Todd says:

    Why Would they put Hi-Rez Racine and Kenosha before Milwaukee?

  8. whowhatwhere says:

    Is some of the Germany imagery actually quite old? I was looking at the Nurburgring and the first turn complex of the F1 track is the pre-2002 configuration.

  9. whowhatwhere says:

    whoops, my bad. Just some German cities updated.

  10. koen says:

    James, don’t you mean: “Get submitting those new sights“?

  11. Quentin says:

    No, it is just ENGLAND, Wales and Scotland are as they were. Fantastic stuff, *finally* Brighton and Hove =D

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  12. Derwent says:

    They’ve just blurred french military air bases like Dijon Longvic in Google Earth, but not in Google Maps.

    Before:
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    You can see a Mirage 2000 on the taxiway.

    After, you can see only big pixels in Google Earth.

  13. James says:

    @koen: Thanks, I guess I meant both.

  14. justinf says:

    winchester , southern england, is still in low res.

  15. Alex says:

    Gah! When is this update going to reach Google Maps!?

  16. Quentin says:

    @ justinf: I noticed this too, some parts of Hampshire, Sussex and Devon are still not covered.

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