From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Mon Aug 03 2009 - 05:25:08 EDT
August 2, 2009
August 2009 Imagery Update for Google Earth
Google has pushed out an imagery update today for Google Earth. From
various accounts, this one covers a lot of area. The update is currently
only available in Google Earth, so you can verify whether imagery is new
by clicking on the "View in Google Maps" option to compare the current
new GE imagery to the previous release. If you find new imagery, not
listed below, please leave a comment to this post so we can build a
list. Some of the new areas are plainly obvious because of the changes
in color visible from space. Here's the current places with new and/or
updated imagery [UPDATED - 18:12 ET]:
.China - Beijing (very new GeoEye - dated June 29, 2009) - Thanks to the
first report of new imagery by GEB reader Lynne.
.USA - Niagara Falls (high res restored) - Thanks 'GT'; Miami, FL -
Thanks 'urd'; Lots of areas in Florida; Pascagoula, MS - Thanks 'Munden'
.Africa - These countries have new medium resolution 2.5m/pixel Spot
Image: Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia,
Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Most of Niger, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Djibouti, Madagascar, Angola - Thanks 'Steven'
.Bahamas - The blue green waters of the Bahamas are back! Thanks
'Steven'. I'm really glad to see this one because I felt GE had gone
backwards in this area.
.Italy - Cadenabbia, Lombardy, Menaggio, Bellagio, Varenna - Thanks
'Rauski'; Amalfi Coast - Thanks 'fatboy'
.Balkan Peninsula - colorization changes, possibly more of Europe as
well has new colorization. Thanks 'barakuda'
.Thailand - this country also was treated with new 2.5m Spot Image
imagery in areas not already with high resolution.
.Spain - Costa del Sol Marbella - Thanks 'fatboy'; Catalonia
re-colorized - looks much better according to 'JP'
.Gibralta - Thanks 'fatboy'
.Oman - Muscat - Thanks 'fatboy'
.Finland - Tampere, Rovaniemi, parts of northern finland - Thanks
'Rauski'
.Ireland - Cork - thanks 'robbiemoore24'
.Belgium - Apparently new high res for the entire country - thanks
'storaz'
.South Korea - Ulsan and Busan. Also re-colorization? Thanks 'Munden';
Cheju Island - Thanks 'jlb'
.Europe - many countries are "re-colorized" according to GEB commenters
below.
.Vietnam - North and southern parts - Thanks 'urd'
.Mexico - Re-colorization for this country, one report of bad green
colors (even clouds) -
Thanks 'Munden'
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/08/august_2009_imagery_upda
te_for_goog.html