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July 29, 2010
New Google Earth Imagery - July 29
It appears that another Google Earth imagery update is underway -- thanks to GEB readers 'Eero' and 'cristi' for being the first to let us know about it.
[UPDATE: Google has updated the official KML update file
, so you can see exactly which areas have been changed with this release.]
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 -- 29-July, 9:41pm EST]
- Finland: Southern areas -- thanks 'Eero' and 'cristi'
- Nepal: -- thanks 'Steven'
- Netherlands: Various areas -- thanks 'Maarten'
- United States: San Jose and Sacramento, CA (thanks 'Steven'), Des Moines, IA (thanks 'cristi), Boston, MA (thanks 'Kevin') and Las Vegas, NV (thanks 'cristi')
If you find any other updated areas, please leave a comment and let us know!
Posted by mickmel at July 29, 2010 5:09 PM
Comments
Posted by: Maarten at July 29, 2010 6:37 PM
des moines IA,28th may 2010...
Posted by: cristi at July 29, 2010 6:39 PM
There is new Spot imagery in Finland.
Posted by: Steven at July 29, 2010 7:59 PM
There is new Spot imagery in Nepal too.
Posted by: Steven at July 29, 2010 8:01 PM
New high res in Las Vagas, Nevada and San Jose, California.
Posted by: Steven at July 29, 2010 8:05 PM
Boston, Ma area has refreshed imagery with a date of 19 June 2010.
Posted by: Kevin at July 29, 2010 8:05 PM
New high res in:
* Las Vagas, Nevada
* San Jose, California
* Sacramento, California
Posted by: Steven at July 29, 2010 8:06 PM
Firefox was loading the comment before Kevin's a bit slow.
Posted by: Steven at July 29, 2010 8:08 PM
Excuse me for a lot of comments, but I mean Las Vegas, not Las Vagas.
Posted by: Steven at July 29, 2010 8:11 PM
Indonesia proudly have:
1. BAD quality updates (much number of clouds) of Jakarta with 19 August 2009 dated
2. North tip of Bali update (Karangasem)
3. and other place which I can't say more detail
(Now Back to School, 9.30 WITA/UTC+8)
Posted by: okasbali at July 29, 2010 8:44 PM
awesome imagery in Las Vegas...
Posted by: cristi at July 29, 2010 8:59 PM
Singapore, the eastern edge including most of their main airport and a navy base.
Posted by: Munden at July 29, 2010 11:02 PM
The south area of Great Buenos Aires, in Argentina ,)
Posted by: NESUA at July 29, 2010 11:43 PM
Lima (Perú) has same imagery updated previously, but with colors corrected.
Posted by: Auquicu at July 30, 2010 1:54 AM
CHINA
- Wenzhou (October 7, 2009)
- Ningbo(June 5, 2009. Previously have imagery from March 2010)
- Beijing (Southern part. August 11, 2009)
- Kunming (February 26, 2010)
- Shaoxing (January 14, 2010)
- Nantong (January 3, 2010)
- Xi'an (August 12 - September 22, 2009)
- Hefei (December 26, 2009)
SOUTH KOREA
- Busan (May 19, 2009)
- Ulsan (May 8, 2009)
THAILAND
- Bangkok (April 16, 2009)
Posted by: Cristobal Jordan at July 30, 2010 2:05 AM
Pitesti ? Romania ? Rm. Valcea ? when? How long do we have to wait?
Posted by: linkar at July 30, 2010 3:47 AM
@linkar
There's no need to post here requests about new imagery. You should do that on : https://earth.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=data
You can select there the locations you would like to see updated imagery. For Pitesti, i'm afraid that niether GeoEye niether Digitalglobe have high resolution imagery.
Posted by: twist3r at July 30, 2010 8:55 AM
There is new imagery over the Philadelphia metro area and about a 20 mile radius from there.
Posted by: Atlantic Five at July 30, 2010 10:12 AM
Malawi: New GeoEye imagery in Kasungu and nearby areas.
Posted by: Steven at July 30, 2010 11:39 AM
Somalia: Mogadishu also has new GeoEye imagery.
Posted by: Steven at July 30, 2010 11:48 AM
FWIW, the Philadelphia images were taken probably around noon, based on the Phillies Home Opener against the Washington Nationals and the number of people making their way into the stadium (Phils won it 7-4).
Posted by: Atlantic Five at July 30, 2010 12:09 PM
Finally, Nepal is now fully covered with imagery! Unfortunately, the imagery is of very low resolution. Imagery of much higher resolution from DigitalGlobe and Spot Image do exist. Hopefully, GooglEarth will upload them soon.
Posted by: Raj at July 30, 2010 12:18 PM
Waukegan, IL and Kenosha, WI, and points Westward (stops short of Rockford, IL).
Posted by: Dave Timpe at July 30, 2010 12:45 PM
@Raj Nepal is covered with Spot, DigitalGlobe, and GeoEye imagery which are medium and high res. Before this update, The areas which now have Spot imagery had TerraMetrics imagery, the low res one. Now, as it got Spot imagery, it is more high res.
Posted by: Steven at July 30, 2010 1:10 PM
Google updated their KML file http://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/Imagery_Updates/latest_update.kml
Posted by: RiderLT at July 30, 2010 2:05 PM
'Places' - did any other GEB reader find that the 'places' layer had been turned on with the arrival of the automatic 29 July imagery update in the Places panel resulting in a rash of icons.
I don't know whether this was an unsubtle attempt to boost clicks to the businesses featured, but I prefer an uncluttered GE and to turn on a layer when needed. Makes you wonder what else goes on behind the scenes.
Posted by: Chris at July 30, 2010 5:10 PM
Philadelphia imagery is fairly new and includes a good metropolitan area
I can see the new solar panels on the roof of one of the buildings on the Eastern University campus.
They were only installed several months ago.
Historical imagery also shows a good portion of Delaware and the early stages of the construction of PPL park in Chester PA. Current imagery shows a later stage.
Posted by: Ted at August 1, 2010 3:46 PM
Panama has the same imagery. The imagery are about 10 years ago
Posted by: Jose at August 7, 2010 1:07 PM
Lots of updated imagery in the Dominican Republic, the central region, (Cibao) in particular; La Vega, Jarabacoa, Manabao,,,finally! Many thanks to those responsible!
Posted by: Brian at August 10, 2010 8:24 AM
Steven, Could you please provide with a High res imagery of All major cities of Nepal? I mean,Can it be done or possible? would be great!
Posted by: Yatri at August 11, 2010 2:01 PM
Well i guess it is safe to say there are lots of new imagery...
Posted by: Afghi420 at September 30, 2010 11:45 AM
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In the Netherlands there is new imagery in the area north of Utrecht (Maarssen, Breukelen) and the area west of Amersfoort (Soest).