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May 11, 2010
New Google Earth Imagery - May 11
Google has just released new imagery for Google Earth. We don't know the full extent of the update yet, but we've found some of it. Some of the imagery is very fresh -- Atlanta's imagery is from April 9, and Tulsa has imagery from March 29.
[Update, 18-May -- The official KML file
has been released.]
As is often the case, you can use Google Maps to determine for sure whether or not a specific area is fresh. This new imagery isn't in Google Maps yet, so you can compare Earth vs. Maps to see what's new; the fresh imagery is already in Google Earth, but the old imagery is still in Google Maps. If you compare the two side-by-side and they're not identical, that means that you've found a freshly updated area in Google Earth!
[UPDATED -- 11-May, 10:06am EST]
- Brazil: Parnamirim,Nisia Floresta and Sao Jose do Mipibu -- thanks 'George'
- England: North Yorkshire -- thanks 'Hefin'
- Netherlands: Amersfoort -- thanks 'Andreas'
- Romania: Otopeni, Tunari -- thanks 'Cristian'
- United States: Georgia (Atlanta), Oklahoma (Tulsa) and Texas (Waco) -- thanks 'Andreas'
- Uruguay: Montevideo -- thanks 'enrique'
Also, more of Frank's kite imagery has arrived, this time at BBQ island. Fly there with this KML and check it out.
If you find any other updated areas, please leave a comment and let us know!
Posted by mickmel at May 11, 2010 9:03 AM
Comments
Posted by: Cristian G at May 11, 2010 9:22 AM
New imagery for Harrogate area in North Yorkshire, England. Dated 24th May, 2009. Very disappointed with the quality due to the bluish purple tint. The green is unnatural. Resolution not that good and most of the area is in shadow!
Posted by: Hefin at May 11, 2010 9:45 AM
New Imagery in Brazil: Parnamirim, Nisia Floresta and Sao Jose do Mipibu
Posted by: George at May 11, 2010 9:48 AM
The netherlands: Amersfoort
Posted by: Andreas at May 11, 2010 10:00 AM
Cuiabá and Barra do Bugres, in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Posted by: Mateus at May 11, 2010 10:51 AM
Alang shipbreaking yards - India
Posted by: ts2426 at May 11, 2010 11:08 AM
The Netherlands: Rhenen
Posted by: Ruben at May 11, 2010 11:53 AM
Belgium: Gent aug 2009
Posted by: Ruben at May 11, 2010 11:56 AM
Slovenia: Ljubljana, Ptuj
Posted by: Chris at May 11, 2010 12:00 PM
The Netherlands: Area Utrecht high resolution image
Posted by: Ruben at May 11, 2010 12:01 PM
Updates in Nagpur, India
Posted by: Alok P at May 11, 2010 12:13 PM
New medium-resolution background imagery for parts of Indonesia (Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara) and East Timor.
Posted by: Dominus at May 11, 2010 12:55 PM
Frank, in the southeastern part of the Paraguana Peninsula, Falcón, Venezuela, also updated ...
Posted by: Soyfalconiano at May 11, 2010 1:37 PM
URAL(Russia)
1 and 2. Satellite images of north at 65 kilometers from the city of Tyumen.
3. Satellite image of the north at 50 kilometers from the city of Tyumen.
4. Satellite image of the north-west at 20 kilometers from the city of Tyumen.
Also:
5. One shot in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area 10 kilometers east of the Sovietskii and 20 kilometers east of the Yugorsk
Posted by: workdao at May 11, 2010 1:52 PM
Another update also Paraguaná, Venezuela, on the east side of this peninsula
Posted by: Soyfalconiano at May 11, 2010 1:53 PM
New Orleans, LA, USA updated to March 23, 2010.
Posted by: Chris at May 11, 2010 2:26 PM
Northern Santiago, Chile has fresh GeoEye imagery from December of last year.
Posted by: JP at May 11, 2010 2:30 PM
Tampa, FL, USA updated to April 5, 2010.
Posted by: Chris at May 11, 2010 3:09 PM
Haa, and also in the southern part of the Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela.
Another place that is also updated Maiquetía Area, La Guaira, Caracas in Venezuela, also in the Central Zone of Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
Posted by: Soyfalconiano at May 11, 2010 3:11 PM
VENEZUELA: In southern Paraguaná Peninsula has also been updated, as well as in Caracas, La Guaira and Maiquetia especially in the center of Margarita Island, state Nueva Esparta.
Posted by: Soyfalconiano at May 11, 2010 3:49 PM
Venezuela: Margarita Islang and Cumana
Posted by: wroman at May 11, 2010 3:57 PM
North Yorkshire UK
Hefin, you are absolutely right about the poor quality of the new images which appear to have been taken around 06.30 to 07.00, hence the very long shadows even in May. But fortunately the new imagery covers only a small rectangle around Harrogate and the vast majority of North Yorkshire is unaffected.
On the subject of images spoilt by shadows, an update of London is overdue.
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Posted by: Chris at May 11, 2010 4:08 PM
Venezuela: Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Vargas, Guarico, Anzoatequi, Portuguesa, Apure, Tachira and Carabobo.
Posted by: wroman at May 11, 2010 4:08 PM
Indonesia: Java, Bali and Lombok base imagery (?), portion of Jakarta and Medan
Posted by: okasbali at May 11, 2010 4:41 PM
I'm glad to hear there is new imagery being added! I haven't seen any updates in my area of interest, yet.
By the way, does anyone know of a way to display detailed information about the date and source of the imagery (ideally, at the placement of the cursor)? Similarly, but slightly different: an option to purposely select from the available sources of imagery?
I'm familiar with the Clock icon to scroll forward/back in time, and the various source displays at the center-bottom of map display: I'm wishing for a something like a bubble-caption to pop-up on demand, and let me see what is available, and select what to show...
Posted by: Felix at May 11, 2010 4:41 PM
USA: Virginia: Yorktown, Newport news, Portsmouth, Virgina Beach and down to the State line.
Chile: Constitución, and a large surrounding area.
Singapore: An updated water tile to the south of Marine Parade.
Posted by: Munden at May 11, 2010 5:23 PM
Chris
Harrogate area:
I will just have to live in the shadows then!
Posted by: Hefin at May 11, 2010 5:28 PM
India: Southern part of Alang's shipbreaking beach
Posted by: Munden at May 11, 2010 5:47 PM
Pakistan: Much of Karchi was updated. A section of western Pakistan from Ormara up to Hoshab was updated.
Posted by: Munden at May 11, 2010 5:58 PM
*sigh* Yes, I meant "Karachi" and only caught the typo just was I was hitting 'Post'.
Posted by: Munden at May 11, 2010 5:59 PM
Netherlands - Utrecht: several parts of the province of Utrecht do have new imagery, but not the town of Utrecht itself (pity, it's my hometown). New imagery for the towns of Amersfoort, Rhenen, Elst, in that province.
I also found new imagery at Duivendrecht and Ouder-Amstel (south of Amsterdam), at Oegstgeest (west of Leiden) and the area east of Delft.
Posted by: Maarten at May 11, 2010 6:04 PM
China
North of Xiamen City, Fujian Province
Posted by: Zdk at May 11, 2010 8:49 PM
USA: New imagery at Penn State--University Park, PA 16802
Posted by: PKB at May 11, 2010 9:02 PM
What's wrong with Google's color correcting algorithm? Some cities in Chile like Constitución and Concepción/Talcahuano look okay from a distance but are really hard on the eyes when zooming in at street level. The pavement looks nearly white, which is totally wrong. Santiago, on the other hand, looks great.
Posted by: JP at May 12, 2010 1:53 AM
i like thet new imagery in Harrogate...the quality is very good and the shadows are interesting!
Posted by: cristi at May 12, 2010 7:14 AM
Colombia: Part of Northern of Boyacá and Southern of Santander departments: Barbosa, Vélez, San José de Pare, Bolívar towns.
Posted by: Leonardo Daniel Leidi at May 12, 2010 8:23 AM
Cristi - whilst long shadows may hint at the outlines of buildings and objects, they obscure much more than they reveal even when the imagery is good high res, as in Harrogate, and with the arrival of comprehensive Street View in the UK such hints are largely redundant.
Posted by: Chris at May 12, 2010 2:46 PM
ok chris....but there are more cities in the world that has long shadows....some imagery is from late evening...and the shadows are very long like in harrogate...so i think is not a big problem....cloudy imgery is more annoying then long shadows...:D:D
Posted by: cristi at May 12, 2010 3:35 PM
Some imagery dated March 23, 2010 is available for southeast Louisiana as well.
Posted by: Eric at May 12, 2010 5:40 PM
Poltava, Ukraine, from 31 March 2010.
Posted by: Sean O'Connor at May 12, 2010 9:28 PM
Where is the KML file with the imagery updates?
Posted by: Cristobal Jordan at May 13, 2010 12:40 PM
South Central Hungary (Lake Balaton Eastern section)
Posted by: hhgygy at May 13, 2010 1:38 PM
Cristobal, they haven't yet updated it. Keep in mind that there isn't a new KML for each update. It's just a network link now. They'll update it when the imagery goes live in Google Maps, probably on Friday or early next week.
Posted by: Munden at May 14, 2010 12:01 AM
Sri Lanka western part of Kilinochchi district, Nilaveli beach site of Trincomalee district.
Posted by: Umapathy at May 14, 2010 11:43 AM
Thanks Munden. I didn't know that. I'll wait for the update of the Google Maps imagery, hope we'll have soon that update.
Posted by: Cristobal Jordan at May 15, 2010 10:39 PM
Where is the KML file
Posted by: Zlatan at May 16, 2010 8:04 AM
Middle section of the North-South section of the Danube in Hungary (Dunaújváros area, new motorway, new Danube bridge)
Posted by: hhgygy at May 17, 2010 5:32 AM
Dunaújváros ....finaly! what they took so long?....but finaly they update this city....:D
Posted by: cristi at May 17, 2010 5:25 PM
It is taking sometime for the KML file, please Google
Posted by: Antonio Teixeira at May 17, 2010 5:36 PM
KML finaly updated!
Posted by: cristi at May 18, 2010 6:05 PM
This KML is confusing. The whole state of Kansas is marked but when I look at Topeka, Kansas, the imagery date (visible at the lower left) is August 10, 2005.
Posted by: JI at May 19, 2010 11:15 AM
New Imagery???
I found a new, unmarked imagery one of these days around Mozambique Island.
Posted by: hhgygy at May 27, 2010 12:06 PM
This is a great tool because it has more up to-date images that is very helpful when interacting with a client or having them view an area they are interested in. Great Tool!!!!
Posted by: Lawrence Sanek at November 3, 2010 3:50 PM
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ROMANIA: Otopeni, Tunari. 1 Apr 2010 imagery