Google Earth Imagery Update Nov 06
Friday, 24th November 2006 by James Turnbull
There's been another image update to Google Earth, as announced by PenguinOpus on the Google Earth forums. The updated areas are:
- 12 high-resolution cities in Germany (Bayreuth, Bochum, Castrop-Rauxel, Fulda, Hof, Mannheim, Marburg, Potsdam, Schweinfurt, Siegen, Unna Froendenberg, Wuerzburg)
- 6 high-resolution regions in the UK (Bridgend, Cleveland, Dundee, Plymouth, Poole, Rochford)
- 31 city updates from Digital Globe
- entire island of Oahu
- Imagery from individual cities/counties: Grants Pass, OR; City of Kent, WA; Salem, OR; Douglas County, WA; Hartford County, MD; Jackson County, OR; Summit County, OR;
- Expanded/updated coverage for the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Indiana, and Florida
- Darfur
- 66 Islands
- improved SF/Bay area water
Unfortunately, the imagery update has not yet made its way into Google Maps, but I'm sure it won't be too long until the two are in sync again.
“12 high-resolution cities in Germany (Bayreuth, Bochum, Castrop-Rauxel, Fulda, Hof, Mannheim, Marburg, Potsdam, Schweinfurt, Siegen, Unna Froendenberg, Wuerzburg)” And once again, my hometown Paderborn hasn’t been updated, although it is much bigger than all the mentioned cities, except Mannheim, Potsdam and Würzburg.
looks like truro has been added as well though it isnt in the same high-res that plymouth
personally i cant wait for the rest of cornwall.. theres some mad things going on in the deep south my friends
Not sure I’d call the SF Bay imagry an improvement. The water area has lost a significant amount of resolution.
I agree with you guys, I wish they’d add most of the populated world before working on annual updates for cities that already have hi-res imagery. That also makes all my aircraft disappear. The update before last took out the F-22 Raptor at Edwards AFB, but I kept the placemark so I’ll know which hangar to look at in the future. =)
They actually did update Colorado Springs imagery to one from summer 2006. So looks like they do update even areas that already had hi-res coverage
Unfortunately parts of town are now off by quite a bit 🙁
“theres some mad things going on in the deep south my friends”
Like what sorts of mad things? Do tell!!
If there is one country I’m excited to see in hi-res would be France. There are so many things to dig out (templar’s sites, …). It’s also the most visited country in the world. I just can’t wait.
SF Bay Area is all broken now 🙁 They used a lower resolution image and pasted it in a horrible way…
the south of england still has a lot of big gaps in coverage. i use flashearth.com to compare with Microsoft virtual earth, and Google is lagging behind.
Hi All Experts, Does anyone use google earth images as ground image planes for use in aerial scenes. I know how to stitch them together but are there any tools or tricks to make sure that the images are at the same height, angle and such to make sure they stitch well. I know in the pro version you can get bigger images but im not going to pay for the pro version when i could stitch multiple images together…
Perth, Western Australia has also been updated, still a year or so old though
Apparently the update has made it to the APIs. I had a map of Labadee, Haiti, which shifted about 1,200 feet to the east.
Is there any place to get the complete list of the updated areas, specifically the “66 islands”?
It is Harford County, MD. Not Hartford 🙂
when will the resolution be upgraded to maps of Deeside and Flintshire including Shotton,Connahs Quay and the surrounding Flint Mountains