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June 28, 2006
Amazing Airport Shown by Google Earth Team
During the Google Geo Developer Day, the Google Earth team illustrated the power of the Google Earth resolution by showing this high resolution aerial photo of an airport. You look at this and say "OK, what's so high res about that?". Well, if you look closely below the airplanes in the lower center, you will notice what looks suddenly like huge people walking by. What you are really seeing are normal sized people walking by part of a miniature version of Holland which is a tourist attraction called Madurodam in The Hague, Netherlands. Check it out in Google Earth 
. This Google Earth aerial imagery is probably about 3-6 inches per pixel based on other similar photos. Amazing!
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Posted by FrankTaylor at June 28, 2006 08:08 AM
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Posted by: Andrew at June 28, 2006 02:56 PM
Nice! Hopefully the "real" representation of the Netherlands will be completely in detail soon. Nowadays only a few big city's are available. A low score for a country with a broadbandpenetration of around 60 percent...
Posted by: twetering at June 28, 2006 02:59 PM
Will they ever get that high resolution in other places?
Posted by: Mike at June 28, 2006 09:59 PM
That multicolor pattern is probably something military that has been scrambled because of potential sensitive information. Another (larger) example is a bit to the north and north west of that location (on the other side of the Landscheidingsweg en Oude Waalsdorperweg). I think there are some kind of research and UN buildings there.
Posted by: Jarno at June 30, 2006 09:22 AM
That multicolor pattern to the east is Huis ten Bosch, which is the palace of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. The pattern at the Landscheidingsweg en Oude Waalsdorperweg are barracks of the Royal Navy.
Posted by: Dennis at June 30, 2006 12:56 PM
I am making a very large collection of stuff that the Netherlands has blocked. so far i have 8 airports 6 are military, 2 sea ports, and 3 pieces of land. Can you please be more descriptive of those other areas, please.
my website
Posted by: John Smith at November 26, 2006 03:55 PM
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Any idea what the strange multi-colored pattern about 1.25 miles east of the Madurodam is? Weird.