Comments on: New Imagery in Google Earth 17th December ‘07 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Quentin http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-189230 Quentin Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:11:18 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-189230 One of the not so good updates unfortunatly.. many of the new strips in Wales, Scotland and Ireland are dark and poor quality. One of the not so good updates unfortunatly.. many of the new strips in Wales, Scotland and Ireland are dark and poor quality.

]]> By: ajho http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-189171 ajho Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:46:16 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-189171 Snowdon lat/lng:53.0686,-4.07426 and a small area to the south of it are now in high res for no very obvious reason Snowdon Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth and a small area to the south of it are now in high res for no very obvious reason

]]> By: LEKO http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-187909 LEKO Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:08:03 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-187909 Not directly related... But Tunisia has been updated, I went there last spring and I was disapointed that Google Maps didn't provide hi-res of this country. Some interesting places: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&sll=46.29924,-73.81343&sspn=0.053725,0.11673&ie=UTF8&ll=33.994576,7.842801&spn=0.008059,0.014591&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1" rel="nofollow"> Star Wars film location</a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Tunis,+Tunisia&ie=UTF8&ll=36.798564,10.173211&spn=0.014708,0.029182&t=h&z=15&iwloc=addr&om=1" rel="nofollow">Tunis, Medina</a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=matmata,+tunisia&ie=UTF8&ll=33.542799,9.967217&spn=0.001914,0.003648&t=h&z=18&iwloc=addr&om=1" rel="nofollow">Matmata, Troglodyte houses and Star Wars film location</a> Not directly related… But Tunisia has been updated, I went there last spring and I was disapointed that Google Maps didn’t provide hi-res of this country.

Some interesting places:
Placemark: Star Wars film location / Google Earth

Placemark: Tunis, Medina / Google Earth

Placemark: Matmata, Troglodyte houses and Star Wars film location / Google Earth

]]> By: Izzy http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-187521 Izzy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:47:12 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/12/17/new-imagery-in-google-earth-17th-december-07/#comment-187521 lat/lng:51.738085,-9.970093 Someone's been spinning spiders' webs on the sea. But that's fairly old. In the new imagery, not yet on Google Maps, there's lat/lng:55.239693,-6.333361 Which is Carrick-a-Reed, a famous island connected to Ireland by a rope bridge originally built a very long time ago. Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Someone’s been spinning spiders’ webs on the sea. But that’s fairly old.

In the new imagery, not yet on Google Maps, there’s

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Which is Carrick-a-Reed, a famous island connected to Ireland by a rope bridge originally built a very long time ago.

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