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Bing & Google Earth Imagery Releases Oct & Nov 2009

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:31 -0800

Bing did a small release of aerial imagery this week. See the Bing Maps Blog for details.

Google Earth/Maps also released new imagery this week. See the Google LatLong blog for details.

Google Earth also added historical images of Berlin from 1945 and 1953. See the announcement at the Google LatLong blog. -- mlc1us

Google Earth Imagery Update - Oct - 2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:49:51 -0700

New imagery release announced at Google LatLong blog with their 'Where in the World is' quiz. Google Earth blog has a list (with frequent updates) of new imagery found so far. As usual new imagery is not yet available in Google Maps. -- mlc1us

Bing Maps New Imagery Oct 2009

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:13:50 -0700

Bing Maps latest release of 867K square km in 40 countries/ territories can be found at Bing Maps World Tour. No BEV in this release. -- mlc1us

StreetView - new coverage Oct 2009

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:50:43 -0700

Canada
* Calgary
* Halifax
* Montreal
* Ottawa
* Quebec
* Toronto
* Vancouver

Czech Republic
* Prague -- mlc1us

September 2009 Imagery Update for Google Earth

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:24:27 -0700

Official list, including a handy kml outlining all of the new imagery is at the
Google LatLong Blog -- mlc1us

Bing Maps New Imagery Release, July 2009

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:14:18 -0700

41TB of new satellite imagery, aerial photography and vector data for Bing Maps covering 189,000+ square kilometers of Earth including 12,000+ square kilometers of Bird’s Eye photography. Check out the Bing Maps World Tour. List of new imagery can be found at Bing Maps Blog. -- mlc1us

August 2009 Imagery Update for Google Earth

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:04:11 -0700

Google has pushed out an imagery update today for Google Earth. From various accounts, this one covers a lot of area. Details are at Google Earth Blog, which is continually being updated. Official announcement expected soon - usually announced at Google Lat Long Blog -- mlc1us

Google Earth Imagery Update - July- 2009

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:26:02 -0700

From Google Earth Blog:

*Oman - Medium resolution Spot Image.
*Yemen - Medium resolution Spot Image.
*Guadaloupe - Not sure if this is new this month, but Isle des Saintes in Guadaloupe now has 3D terrain (previously the islands were flat).
*Romania - Constanţa
*Sri Lanka - Kataragama Peak
*France - Largentiere (Ardeche) (Thanks Maarten), Departments of Aisne, Ardennes, Eure, Eure-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Ardeche, Alpes-Maritime, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Ain, Rhone, Allier, Doubs
*Bulgaria - Entire country - Medium resolution Spot Image
*Greece - "Lots of areas" have new high res - confirmed in Larissa, Kythira, Kamari
*Niger - Dirkou
*Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia - new medium Spot Image
*Poland - Ciechanów (southern part), Kołobrzeg, Łask (winter photo)
*India - Bina, Madhya Pradesh
*Republic of Congo - Loubomo
*Spain - Ferrol, Monte Coya
*USA - Contra Costa County, CA has new high res; Niagara Falls has been ruined with low resolution imagery!
*Chile - Castro and Chilo&acutee; Island hi-res
*Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq - these countries has been color processed to look consistent
*Libya - Some new Geoeye (May) just south of Sert
*Saudi Arabia - Riyadh got some GeoEye
*Canary Islands - Grand Canaria - new high res
*Faroe Islands - New high res terrain
*Maldives - Kudahuvadhoo
*Ghana - Tumu
*Philippines - El Nido

Google will probably announce this update on their Lat Long Blog soon. -- mlc1us

Google Earth Imagery Update - June 7

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:12:32 -0700

From the Google Earth Blog:

* Saudi Arabia
* Afghanistan - large areas with medium resolution Spot Image
* France - Department of Gard, Normandy (Omaha Beach). Also: departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. - Thanks 'mortimer'; Also: Oise, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Finistère, Côtes-d'Armor Côte-d'Or, Gers, Dordogne, Lot, Corrèze, Creuse, Cher, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret, Orne, Maine-et-Loire, Corse-du-Sud, Haute-Corse, Haute-Loire
* India - Akola, Maharashta, Sirur, Chinchosi, Kon Goan, Utran, and other areas in the northwest
* US - New colorization; Tampa, Florida
* Egypt - Gaza Pyramids - Thanks Ernie. (Try to ignore the current ugly 3D models for the pyramids, they'll be replaced I'm told). Also, western half of Egypt has medium resolution Spot Image.
* Canada - Surrey, BC - thanks Daniel. Also: Québec / Bas-Saint-Laurent: Saint-Fabien and Mont-Joli and in Gaspésie: Métis-sur-Mer, Sainte-Flavie. Note: "BIG mistake fron GE team, the Rimouski region (Québec) is marked "Haute-Côte-Nord" (Upper North Coast)the Upper North Coast is located where the Saguenay River flows into it..."
* Thailand - Prachuap Khiri Khan province, along the boundary to Myanmar. - Thanks Andy. Chiang Khong
* China - Hong Kong, Kowloon, Fuzhou
* Japan - Mount Fuji
* Iran - Spot Image
* Pakistan - Spot Image
* Austria - Vienna
* Italy - Venice, Pisa (reportedly very high resolution)
* Luxemborg - Southwestern part
* Spain - Northern part around Costa Brava
* Cambodia - Kampot & Kep
* Tajikistan - Eastern half -- kjfitz

Bing Maps May-09 Imagery Release

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:55:21 -0700

Bing Maps Blog announced their May imagery release. Instead of providing a ginormous list of locations they presented a slick new toy - Bing Maps World Tour

Unfortunately, there's no new BEV...again. -- mlc1us

Announcing Theme Weekend Game #1 - Airports & Runways

Fri, 22 May 2009 13:21:36 -0700

The first Theme Weekend has started. The theme is Airports and Runways. Everyone has until noon Pacific time on Tuesday May 26 to post as many of them as possible. -- kjfitz

Find-It Game #19 Is Up

Thu, 21 May 2009 14:02:13 -0700

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #19
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-05-21 12:56:48

-- kjfitz

May Google Imagery Update

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:59:47 -0700

So far just in GE. From the Lat Long Blog.

- USA: Muscatine County (IA), Parts of Champaign County (IL), Parts of Benton County (AR), Parts of Washington County (AR), parts of Washington State, and parts of Michigan

- Mexico: Puebla, Toluca, Puerto Vallarta

- Brazil: Porto Alegre

- French Guiana: Northern Coast

Europe, Middle East, & Africa:

- Great Britain: Large parts of Scotland and considerable amounts of England

- France: Departments of Seine-Maritime, Calvados, Val-d'Oise, Yvelines, Essonne, Seine-et-Marne, Aube, Yonne, Sarthe, Vosges, Territiore de Belfort, Vienne, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cantal, Aveyron, Aude, Bouches-du-Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Haute-Savoie, Savoie, Martinique (Caribbean Sea), Mayotte (Indian Sea)

- Italy: Costa Smeralda (Sardegna), Genova (Liguria), Milano (Lombardia), Lago Maggiore (Piemonte/Lombardia)

- Spain: Cádiz

- Switzerland: Engelberg

Asia & Oceania:

- New Zealand: Palmerston -- kjfitz

Find-It Game #18 Is Up

Tue, 05 May 2009 09:13:53 -0700

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #18
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-05-05 08:09:58

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #17 Is Up

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:24:36 -0700

Find-It Game #17 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #17
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-30 09:19:17

-- kjfitz

Live Maps Imagery Release, April 2009

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:29:01 -0700

This release is a mere 9+ TB of data; however, it covers over 1 million square kilometers of Earth. Here’s the list of new areas that came online or were refreshed this month – all ortho, but a mix of satellite imagery and aerial photography....per Chris Pendleton's Blog.

No new Birds Eye for the second straight month. -- mlc1us

Find-It Game #16 Is Up

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:22:25 -0700

Find-It Game #16 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #16
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-27 12:17:35

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #15 Is Up

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:15:08 -0700

Find-It Game #15 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #15
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-27 08:10:17

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #14 Is Up

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:21:41 -0700

Find-It Game #14 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #14
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-20 12:16:15

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #13

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:44:26 -0700

The last one was a bit more challenging but eventually found in Paraguay by mlc1us. This one should be a bit easier (maybe).

Welcome to Find-It Game #13.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #13
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-16 13:37:27

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #12 Is Up

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:56:11 -0700

Find-It Game #12 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #12
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-14 12:49:19

-- kjfitz

My Favorite Mysteries

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:06:26 -0700

Occasionally I come across sites that defy all attempts to explain. The following three sites are ones that have been discussed by others in various forums and still remain unexplained. No one has yet come up with definitive explanations or documentation describing the purpose of each site.

Site 1 - Potential Secret Government Detention Facility

This site must be accessed by passing through a Coast Guard base but it is not part of the base. This discussion dissects the site piece by piece and leaves me with the impression that it is a very high security detention facility for a very small number of people. Inward facing perimeter defenses, exercise yards, mysterious black SUV convoy, etc. I can't find any reference to the site other than in these forums.

BEV

Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command
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By: Parabellum
@ 2006-05-21 16:05:02

Site 2 - Unusual North Korean Mountain Bunker

This mountain has a round hole on top and three evenly spaced portals around the mountain. The portals do not have access roads leading to them. They look a lot like blast vents around a launch pad. I have no idea what the site is. The December 2003 imagery in GE is the most detailed. The site is surrounded by SAM sites but there are surprisingly few AA batteries near the mountain. The hole on the top has a clam-shell door that is closed in the 2000 imagery and open in the subsequent three versions of imagery. I haven't found any discussion of the site.

North Korean underground facility
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-02-13 22:08:25

Site 3 - Strange Features in a Chinese Proving Range

These lines are not image artifacts. If you zoom in on them you'll see vehicle tracks on them and around them. The area for miles in each direction has other oddities. I've collected many of the oddities in this GE Forums post. There is another extensive disccussion here.

Strange lines on a mountain
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-06-21 13:29:25

Can you provide any additional information to the investigations? This is really the ultimate Find-It game for those who wish to use their investigative skills. -- kjfitz

Find-It Game #11 Is Up

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:55:37 -0700

Find-It Game #11 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #11
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-13 12:51:13

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #10 Is Up

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:59:13 -0700

Find-It Game #10 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #10
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-13 07:54:22

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #9 Is Up

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:18:47 -0700

Find-It Game #9 is now up.

Happy Hunting!

Find-It Game #9
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-08 14:10:21

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #8 Is Up

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:36:48 -0700

Find-It Game #8 is now up.

Happy Hunting!!

Find-It Game #8
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-07 19:32:09

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #7 Is Up

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:09:38 -0700

Find-It Game #7 is now up.

Happy Hunting!!

Find-It Game #7
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-07 15:05:41

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #6 Is Up

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:48:45 -0700

Find-It Game #6 is now up!

Happy Hunting!!

Find-It Game #6
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-07 10:41:14

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #5 Is Up

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:29:06 -0700

Find-It Game #5 is now up.

Good luck!

Find-It Game #5
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-06 21:17:54

-- kjfitz

Find-It Game #4 Is Up

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:24:49 -0700

Find-It Game #4 is now up.

Happy Hunting!!

Find-It Game #4
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-04 20:16:03

Congrats to adrbr, j from Chicago and Gosell for finding numbers one through three!

(Any feedback on the Find=It Game? To hard? Too easy? To many or too few clues? Are they going too fast? Should I slow down the clues to make these last longer? Let me know.) -- kjfitz

Find-It Game #3 is up

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:14:09 -0700

Find-It #3 has been posted.

Find-It Game #3
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-03 11:09:05

Happy Hunting! -- kjfitz

Announcing Find-It Game #2

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:33:40 -0700

The newest Find-It Game is up!

Find-It Game #2
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-02 09:26:31

Happy Hunting! -- kjfitz

Announcing the Find-It Game

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:14:15 -0700

We're starting a new type of game.

The first Find-It is now up!

Find-It Game #1
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-04-01 09:59:26

Happy Hunting!! -- kjfitz

Virtual Earth Imagery Release, March 2009

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:14:46 -0700

Chris Pendleton, a Microsoft Virtual Earth evangelist, has posted information about March 2009's Virtual Earth imagery release (21TB), and also claims that the release is huge in terms of square kilometers covered. There's over 20 pages of new places! -- nic

Happy St Patrick's Day

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:13:06 -0700

Shamrock gas station
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By: milwhcky
@ 2009-03-17 11:53:35

St. Patricks
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-09-15 19:04:53

Shamrock Speedway
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By: milwhcky
@ 2009-03-17 12:15:11

Leprechaun Motel
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-03-17 12:16:24

-- kjfitz

Military Scavenger Hunt Winners

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:45:34 -0700

What a great hunt! 261 new maps were submitted.

mlc1us, who's won several hunts before, scored 61 points for the lead.

Great job everyone! Final Standings:

mlc1us - 61 points (passed on prize)
neotrix - 59 points ($50)
kkeps - 55 points ($30)
adrbr - 54 points ($20)
bubaonline - 49 points
giove - 31 points
Tyco - 18 points
maveriick - 12 points
milwhcky - 2 points
Gosell - 2 points
Rene73 - 1 points
alfjon - 1 points

We'll be having another hunt in 2-3 weeks. As usual, if you have any ideas for a hunt, please let us know! -- nic

Mililtary Scavenger Hunt: Wrapping Up!

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:22:58 -0700

A reminder that the Military Scavenger Hunt is currently going on and only has two days left! The hunt ends on Saturday March 14 at noon EST.

There are cash prizes for the winners! The top-5 are neck-and-neck. Who will win? Will anyone get the max 66 points?

mlc1us - 61 points
adrbr - 53 points
kkeps - 53 points
neotrix - 50 points
bubaonline - 46 points

Over 250 maps have been submitted for the hunt so far. Some of my favorites:

Submarine in Motion
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By: kkeps
@ 2009-03-04 15:51:50

Hovercraft moving
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By: Tyco
@ 2009-03-04 13:00:24

Two Jets over Mississippi
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-03-02 08:11:47

The "Air Park" in Zruč
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By: Rene73
@ 2009-03-11 01:07:02

-- nic

Live Maps Imagery Update

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:29:14 -0800

New imagery announcement is at Chris Pendleton's blog. A lot of the listed places already had BEV so they either updated old imagery or filled in blanks. Here is a collection of some places I found that didn't already have BEV. -- mlc1us

Large Google Earth Imagery Update

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:08:02 -0800

No official list of new areas yet but updated or new imagery includes:

Scotland, China, Africa, South Korea, Mongolia, Iceland, Sweden, France, Norway, Turkey, Brazil, Bangladesh, Italy, Uruguay, Qatar, Canada, England, Argentina, Maldives, Greenland, Mexico, and the US states of Wisconsin and South Dakota.

More info at the Google Lat Long Blog. -- kjfitz

Military Scavenger Hunt

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:17:11 -0800

Kevin (kjfitz), one of the VGT moderators, has hand-crafted a Military Scavenger Hunt for our visitors. The hunt starts on Saturday February 28 at noon EST, and will last 14 days until Saturday March 14 at noon EST.

Scavenger hunts are contests to see who can find the most maps in a list of categories. To participate, you simply submit maps as normal, then select the scavenger hunt category you are submitting to. The category list for the Military Scavenger Hunt is here. Once a moderator approves your map, you automatically get points for that category.

The total points you can find for this hunt is 66 (medium size). The user with the most points at the end of the hunt wins! Looking for your scavenger hunt score? Check your Scavenger Hunt page for details.

Cash Prizes (Amazon.com gift certificates) for the winners are as follows:

1st: $50
2nd: $30
3rd: $20

If there is a tie for first place, the $100 total in prize money will be distributed as such:

1st person to get the high score: $50
All others who get the high score: Split the other $50 evenly

Good luck!

Military Scavenger Hunt Category List
-- nic

VirtualGlobetrotting Scavenger Hunt starting 2009-02-28 @ Noon EST

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:03:28 -0800

The VGT moderators have put some good work into coming up with several scavenger hunts visitors can do over the next few months. The first one will start Saturday, 2009-02-28 at Noon EST.

Details about the hunt will be revealed at the start time. Cash prizes (Amazon.com gift cards) for the winners. Good luck! -- nic

100 TB Update to Virtual Earth / Birds Eye

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:41:34 -0800

January 2009 imagery release

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archi...nuary-2009.aspx

Obliques (Bird’s Eye)

France

* Paris
* Nantes
* St Quentin
* Pau
* Montauban
* Lorient
* Calais
* Dunkerque
* St. Nazaire
* Quimper
* Le Havre
* Caen
* Beauvais
* Angers
* Rennes

Germany

* Berlin
* Rhur Valley

Ireland

* Dublin

Italy

* Lamezia
* Gela
* Taranto
* Rimini
* Reggio di Calabria
* Piacenza
* Parma
* Palermo
* Monza
* Lecce
* Cosenza
* Catania
* L'Aquila
* Bologna
* Bari
* Salerno

Netherlands

* Purmerend
* Amsterdam

Romania

* Bucharest

Spain

* Toledo
* Tarragona
* Lleida

Sweden

* Malmo & Lund
* Uppsala
* Stockholm
* Linkoping
* Goteborg

United Kingdom

* Preston
* Portsmouth
* Cheltenham & Gloucester
* Caerphilly
* Bournemouth
* Hereford
* Brighton & Worthing
* Manchester
* St. Albans

Arizona

* Pima County

California

* Ventura County
* Yolo County
* Orange County
* Butte County
* Madera County
* Tulare County

Colorado

* Adams County

Delaware

* Dover

Florida

* Lake County
* Collier County

Georgia

* Bulloch County
* Cobb County
* Forsyth County

Idaho

* Kootenai County

Illinois

* La Salle County
* Kankakee County
* Winnebago County
* Kendall County
* Grundy County
* Will County
* Chicago
* St. Clair County

Indiana

* Anderson
* Porter County
* Tippecanoe County
* Vigo County
* Hendricks County
* Huntington County
* Hamilton County
* Huntington County

Iowa

* Rock Island County

Maryland

* Frederick County
* Charles County

Michigan

* Livingston County
* Allegan County
* St. Clair County
* Kent County
* Eaton County
* Bay County
* Lenawee County

Minnesota

* Steele County
* St. Cloud
* Huston County
* Winono County
* Dakota County
* Scott County
* Carver County
* Hennepin County
* Kandiyohi County
* Anoka County

Missouri

* Butler County
* Franklin County
* Andrew County
* Pemiscot County
* Jasper County
* Jefferson County

New Jersey

* Gloucester County

New York

* Genesse County
* Jefferson County
* St. Lawrence County
* Oneida County

North Carolina

* Henderson County
* Randolph County
* Wayne County
* Johnston County
* Richmond County
* Guidford County
* Currituck County

Ohio

* Geauga County

Pennsylvania

* Cumberland County

South Carolina

* Horry County

Tennessee

* Montgomery County

Texas

* Williamson County
* San Jacinto County
* Collin County
* Grayson County
* Midland County
* Parker County
* Harris County
* Wise County
* Hays County

Virginia

* Lynchburg County
* Russell County
* Chesterfield County
* Suffolk County
* Roanoke City County

Wisconsin

* Rock County
* Jefferson County
* Winnebago County
* Marathon County
* Walworth County
* Fond du Lac County

Orthos (LM Aerial)

High Resolution Orthos (United States)

* Anaheim, CA
* Pasadena, CA
* East Los Angeles, CA
* West Palm Beach, FL
* Arvada, CO
* Orlando, FL
* St. Louis, MO
* Trenton, NJ
* Henderson, NV
* Mesquite, TX
* Garland, TX
* Arlington, TX
* Plano, TX
* Bellaire, TX

High Resolution Orthos (International)

* Scotland, England
* Great Britain, England
* Thessaloniki, Greece
* Oita, Japan
* Kagoshima, Japan
* Shizuoka, Japan
* Sendai, Japan
* Shuto, Japan
* Vestfold, Norway
* Harstad, Norway
* Mjoseregionen, Norway
* Tromso, Norway
* Lisbon, Portugal
* Madrid, Spain
* Santiago, Spain
* Guipizcoa, Spain
* Coruna, Spain
* Tarragona, Spain
* Sevilla, Spain

Satellite (Digital Globe – Massive! Woo hoo!)

* Berat, Albania
* Butrint, Albania
* Pogradec, Albania
* Velipoje, Albania
* Nessebar, Bulgaria
* Pleven, Bulgaria
* Plovdiv, Bulgaria
* Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Anapolis, Brazil
* Curitiba, Brazil
* Florianopolis, Brazil
* Foz do Iguacu, Brazil
* Goiania, Brazil
* Guaruja, Brazil
* Joinville, Brazil
* Juiz de Fora, Brazil
* Limeira, Brazil
* Londrina, Brazil
* Macapa, Brazil
* Maringa, Brazil
* Paulista, Brazil
* Pelotas, Brazil
* Petropolis, Brazil
* Piracicaba, Brazil
* Ponta Grossa, Brazil
* Porto, Brazil
* Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
* Rio Branco, Brazil
* Teresina, Brazil
* Uberaba, Brazil
* Uberlandia, Brazil
* Abbotsford, Canada
* Alma, Canada
* Barrie, Canada
* Bowmanville, Canada
* Fort McMurray, Canada
* Kingston, Canada
* Milton, Canada
* North Bay, Canada
* Penticton, Canada
* Prince Albert, Canada
* Sudbury, Canada
* Swift, Canada
* Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada
* Timmins, Canada
* Trenton, Canada
* Val d Or, Canada
* Victoriaville, Canada
* Walnut Grove, Canada
* Yorkton, Canada
* Anyang, China
* Baoding, China
* Baoji, China
* Baotou, China
* Bengbu, China
* Changzhi, China
* Chongqing, China
* Dandong, China
* Dongguan, China
* Dongling, China
* Dongying, China
* Dunhuang, China
* Jiamusi, China
* Jiaozhou, China
* Jilin, China
* Jixi, China
* Kashgar, China
* Liaoyang, China
* Panjin, China
* Panzhihua, China
* Qitaihe, China
* Shiyan, China
* Siping, China
* Yangjiang, China
* Yangzhou, China
* Yichang, China
* Yinchuan, China
* Yingkou, China
* Osijek, Croatia
* Pula, Croatia
* Rijeka, Croatia
* Slavonski Brod, Croatia
* Zadar, Croatia
* Elva, Estonia
* Maardul and Tallin, Estonia
* Rapla, Estonia
* Saue, Estonia
* Sillamae and Tallin, Estonia
* Tartu, Estonia
* Turi, Estonia
* Gyor, Hungary
* Miskolc, Hungary
* Mohacs, Hungary
* Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
* Agartala, India
* Ahmadnagar, India
* Aizawl, India
* Akola, India
* Aligarh, India
* Alwar, India
* Amravati, India
* Anantapur, India
* Ara, India
* Asansol, India
* Aurangabad, India
* Bareilly, India
* Bathinda, India
* Belgum, India
* Bhilwara, India
* Bidar, India
* Bihar, India
* Bikaner, India
* Bilaspur, India
* Bokaro, India
* Brahmapur, India
* Burhanpur, India
* Chandrapur, India
* Daman, India
* Darbhanga, India
* Davangere, India
* Dehra Dun, India
* Dewas, India
* Dhanbad, India
* Dhule, India
* Dispur, India
* Etawah, India
* Farrukhabad, India
* Firozabad, India
* Gandhinagar, India
* Ganganagar, India
* Gangtok, India
* Gulbarga, India
* Gwalior, India
* Hapur, India
* Hospet, India
* Ichalkaranji, India
* Imphal, India
* Itanagar, India
* Jabalpur, India
* Jalgaon, India
* Jalna, India
* Jammu, India
* Jamnagar, India
* Jhansi, India
* Karimnagar, India
* Karnal, India
* Kavaratti, India
* Kharagpur, India
* Kohima, India
* Kolhapur, India
* Korba, India
* Kota, India
* Kurnool, India
* Latur, India
* Madhyamgram, India
* Mathura, India
* Mirzapur, India
* Moradabad, India
* Muzaffarnagar, India
* Muzaffarpur, India
* Nadiad, India
* Nagercoil, India
* Nanded, India
* Nasik, India
* Ongole, India
* Ozhukarai, India
* Pali, India
* Panaji, India
* Panipat, India
* Parbhani, India
* Port Blair, India
* Quilon Kollam Calicut, India
* Raichur, India
* Rajkot, India
* Rajpur Sonarpur, India
* Rampur, India
* Ratlam, India
* Raurkela Township, India
* Rewa, India
* Rohtak, India
* Sagar, India
* Saharanpur, India
* Sambalpur, India
* Sangli, India
* Satna, India
* Secunderabad, India
* Shahjahanpur, India
* Shimla, India
* Shimoga, India
* Shliguri, India
* Sholapur, India
* Sikar, India
* Sonipat, India
* Thanjavur, India
* Trichur, India
* Tumkur, India
* Udaipur, India
* Ujjain, India
* Ulubaria, India
* Vadodara, India
* Veraval, India
* Yamunanagar, India
* Alytus, Lithuania
* Livani, Lithuania
* Salaspils, Lithuania
* Soroca, Moldova
* Chilpancingo, Mexico
* Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
* Irapuato, Mexico
* Los Cocales, Mexico
* Los Mochis Ahome, Mexico
* Matamoros, Mexico
* Merida, Mexico
* Morelia, Mexico
* Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico
* Pachuca de Soto, Mexico
* Puerto Penasco, Mexico
* San Blas, Mexico
* Tapachula, Mexico
* Tehuacan, Mexico
* Torreon, Mexico
* Veracruz, Mexico
* Budva, Montenegro
* Tivat, Montenegro
* David and Bajo Boquete, Panama
* Hajnowka, Poland
* Kolobrzeg, Poland
* Malbork, Poland
* Olsztyn, Poland
* Poznan, Poland
* Sopot, Poland
* Torun, Poland
* Galati, Romania
* Giurgiu, Romania
* Hermannstadt, Romania
* Medgidia, Romania
* Slatina, Romania
* Timisoara, Romania
* Andropov, Russia
* Armavir, Russia
* Balakovo, Russia
* Barnaul, Russia
* Belgorod, Russia
* Bratsk, Russia
* Chita, Russia
* Derbent, Russia
* Grozny, Russia
* Kaluga, Russia
* Kolomenskoye, Russia
* Kyzyl, Russia
* Piatigorsk, Russia
* Pskov, Russia
* Pyatigorsk, Russia
* Shakhty, Russia
* Shushinskoe, Russia
* Smolensk, Russia
* Soci, Russia
* Sokhumi, Russia
* Stary Oskol, Russia
* Stavropol, Russia
* Sterlitamak, Russia
* Tambov, Russia
* Tskhinvali, Russia
* Volgodonsk, Russia
* Zlatoust, Russia
* Apatin, Serbia
* Novi Sad, Serbia
* Obrenovac, Serbia
* Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
* Piestany, Slovakia
* Presburg, Slovakia
* Aydin, Turkey
* Bandirma, Turkey
* Batman, Turkey
* Buyukcekmece, Turkey
* Cesme Izmir, Turkey
* Corum, Turkey
* Didim, Turkey
* Dogubeyazit, Turkey
* Erzurum, Turkey
* Giresun, Turkey
* Kas, Turkey
* Koycegis, Turkey
* Kutahya, Turkey
* Milas, Turkey
* Oludeniz, Turkey
* Osmaniye, Turkey
* Pamukkale, Turkey
* Samsun, Turkey
* Serik, Turkey
* Siirt, Turkey
* Zonguldak, Turkey
* Berdyansk, Ukraine
* Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
* Bilhorod, Ukraine
* Boryspil, Ukraine
* Chernihiv, Ukraine
* Enerhodar, Ukraine
* Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
* Khmelnitskiy, Ukraine
* Lviv, Ukraine
* Mykolayiv, Ukraine
* Nikopoll, Ukraine
* Poltava, Ukraine
* Simferopol, Ukraine
* Ternopil, Ukraine
* Yevpatoriya, Ukraine
* Barberton, South Africa
* Carletonville, South Africa
* De Aar, South Africa
* Ladysmith, South Africa
* Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
* Newcastle, South Africa
* Paarl, South Africa
* Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
* Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
* Queenstown, South Africa
* Sabie, South Africa
* Saldanha, South Africa
* Sasolburg, South Africa
* Stanger, South Africa -- mlc1us

Google Adds Historical Imagery to Google Earth

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:05:44 -0800

They've included some fascinating old imagery, such as San Francisco in the 1940's or Las Vegas in the 1950's. They have also included a spectacular country-wide dataset covering the United States in the late 1980's and 1990's.

The feature also lets you easily tell exactly what date the imagery was taken. This should help us resurrect some of the older "No Longer There" submissions.

More details at the Google Lat Long Blog. -- kjfitz

New Washington DC imagery

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:17:44 -0800

Google just posted new Google Earth imagery of Washington DC. If the weather is clear tomorrow they plan to shoot even newer imagery of the inauguration and post it shortly after. -- kjfitz

Google Street View Coverage Updates

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:59:59 -0800

Google Street View Online:

UK in the Spring

Taiwan in the second half of 2009 -- adrbr

Google Doubles US Coverage of Street View

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:55:28 -0800

From the Google Earth Blog:

Today Google has doubled the amount of coverage for Street View imagery in the United Sates. Street View is now available in many new cities and states. New cities such as: Memphis, Birmingham, and Charleston, SC. And new states for the first time such as Maine, West Virginia, North Dakota and South Dakota.New coverage map here.

-- kjfitz

New Zealand added to Google Street View

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:52:24 -0800

New Zealand has been added to Google Street Views today. A quick scan seems to indicate that most of the roads in the country are covered. -- kjfitz

41.07 TB Update to Virtual Earth / Birds Eye

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:24:50 -0800

October imagery release

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archi...tober-2008.aspx

Obliques (Bird’s Eye)

United States
* Montgomery, AL
* Elmore, AL
* Baldwin, AL
* Pima County, AZ
* Mohave, AZ
* Coconino, AZ
* Orange County, CA
* Los Angeles County, CA
* Napa County, CA
* City of Merced, CA
* Arapahoe, CO
* Mesa, CO
* Polk County, FL
* Hillsborough, FL
* Volusia, FL
* Orange County, FL
* Broward, FL
* Miami-Dade County, FL
* Manatee, FL
* Jacksonville, FL
* Clark, GA
* Honolulu, HI
* Grundy, IL
* Sangamon, IL
* Marion County, IN
* Wyandotte, KS
* Warren, KY
* Caddo, LA
* Baltimore, MD
* Montgomery (including. DC surrounding metro), MD
* Kent, MI
* Burlington, NJ
* Bernalilo, NM
* Saratoga, NY
* Cumberland, NC
* Cass, ND
* Cincinnati Metro, OH
* Clermont, OH
* Franklin, OH
* Jackson, OR (partial)
* Deschutes, OR
* Monroe, PA
* Philadelphia, PA
* State of Rhode Island
* Houston/Galveston, TX
* Kaufman, TX
* Rusk, TX
* Salt Lake, UT (fill)
* Norfolk, VA
* Chesapeake, VA
* Stafford, VA
* King Co, WA (part 3)
* Washington, DC (metro)
* Milwaukee, WI
* Sheboygan, WI

Japan
* Tokyo, Japan

Australia
* Geelong, Australia
* Melbourne, Australia

Canada
* o Ottawa, Ontario
* o Red Deer, Alberta
* o Lethbridge, Alberta
* o Medicine Hat, Alberta
* o Regina, Saskatchewan
* o Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
* o Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
* o Swift Current, Saskatchewan
* o Yorkton, Saskatchewan
* o Estevan, Saskatchewan
* o Weyburn, Saskatchewan

United Kingdom
* Guildford, UK
* Grays Tilbury, UK
* Manchester, UK

Germany
* Ruhrgebeit Region, DE
* Koln/Cologne, DE
* Bonn, DE
* Hamm, DE

Austria
* Vienna, AT

Luxembourg
* Luxembourg, LX

Orthos (LM Aerial)

Spain
* Barcelona
* Malaga
* Manresa
* Mijas
* Oviedo
* Sagunto
* Vigo
* Vilanova
* Vitoria
* Zaragoza

Japan
* Sapporo
* Nagano
* Mt Fuji
* Nagoya
* Osaka-Kyoto
* Matsuyama
* Kobe
* Hiroshima
* Fukuoka-KitaKyushu -- mlc1us

Google Street View adds new cities (Nov 4, 2008)

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:15:36 -0800

- Seattle
- Washington D.C.
- Baltimore

From Google Earth Blog -- kjfitz

Google Street View adds Italy

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:19:48 -0700

- Florence
- Lake Como
- Milan
- Rome

From Google Maps Mania -- kjfitz