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June 02, 2007
Google Releases High Resolution Terrain - Western US and Canaries
This is major news. Google has today just posted new high resolution (10 meter) terrain for the western United States. This is very significant as it will make the area look even more realistic when viewed by Google Earth's 3D capabilities. For example, the satellite and aerial photography better matches the terrain, so the imagery and 3D both look much better! Trust me, I've started visiting mountains I've been to before and they look great! Make sure you turn the "Options->Terrain Quality" to higher quality to see the terrain. You may want to turn it back to lower quality if it slows down your performance.
A few brief details on the new terrain and all the new imagery were posted by Google here.
Have started checking out the new terrain. Check out the Grand Canyon - it was already beautiful, but is even better with the higher quality terrain.
Also, check out the Grand Tetons in Wyoming - (just enter "JAC" for Jackson Hole airport, and look to the northwest). They look awesome with the terrain at high resolution.
Posted by FrankTaylor at June 2, 2007 12:54 PM
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Posted by: Ernie at June 3, 2007 12:09 AM
That's right. If you check - for example - the Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Arizona you can see an entire parking lot spread over a steep hill.
Posted by: FatBaron at June 3, 2007 04:37 PM
That has to do with the imagery, not the terrain. DG is notorious for that.
Posted by: jim at June 4, 2007 01:38 AM
Is there a setting to limit the resolution in GE? From high altitudes, high-resolution areas look like gray blurs. For example, how can I see an entire mountain range in such an area?
Posted by: Howard Glen at April 3, 2008 09:08 PM
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The higher accuracy for the terrain is nice, but it hasn't helped the alignment problem. Lots of creeks in the Grand Canyon are still on the canyon walls. All the places I checked, in Arizona, Idaho, California, didn't show any alignment improvement.