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February 27, 2007
Australia Day Flyover Imagery in Google Maps
As promised, Google has released the imagery it had taken during Australia Day at the end of January. There were some complications with the flight plan which prevented the plane from being where planned during the day. But, the pilot still flew along several beaches and some of the planned locations at later times during the day. The imagery has been added to Google Maps, but Google Earth doesn't have the update yet (don't worry, I'll let you know when it's in Google Earth). Some of the new imagery is as high as about 3 inches/pixel. Clear enough to make out clothing on people, but not clear enough to see who they are. Here are the locations of some of the imagery in Google Maps:
- Queenscliff Bay
- Shark Bay
- Bondi Beach
- Manly Beach
- Luna Park
- North Bondi
- Helicopter in flight
- Tall Ship
- Fort Denison
- Circular Quay
For another special event aerial photo, see the photos I took from my plane which Google arranged to put in Google Earth on the same day (taken during X Prize Cup 2006). The photos are now part of GE's base imagery. You'll see the copyright is "Gearthblog.com" at the bottom of the screen when you follow the link 
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Posted by FrankTaylor at February 27, 2007 07:03 AM
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Posted by: rxbbx at February 27, 2007 08:05 AM
Here is AUSTRALIA.COM etched out on Bondi Beach.
Posted by: kjfitz at February 27, 2007 01:19 PM
Wow! This is so beautiful. Those sandy beaches, full of people! Amazing! Is this going to get even better as camera resolutions increase? It's a bit scary...
Posted by: Guga at February 27, 2007 04:02 PM
Heh,
There's a lot of folks with skin-coloured swim suits at Bondi Beach :)
Jason
Posted by: Jason Birch at February 27, 2007 08:25 PM
Hi
Could anyone tell me the german word for flyover ?
TIA
Posted by: findc at August 18, 2007 01:05 PM
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Thnx for letting know. Friends were in Sydney that day. Now we can start searching. The imagery is real fun.