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New Imagery in Google Earth (May ’08)

Wednesday, 14th May 2008 by James

Just over a month since the last update Google have announced new imagery for Google Earth and Google Maps.

The full list of what’s new is available on Google Lat Long.

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3 Responses to 'New Imagery in Google Earth (May ’08)'

  1. 1. Izzy says:

    I wish they’d hurry up and get Northern Ireland done.

  2. 2. Quentin says:

    Nothing special here. Disappointing.

  3. 3. Manish Jain says:

    You have written “Google Maps is normally updated a week or two later”.

    Is it available in Google Maps now or not ?

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