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March 17, 2011
New Google Earth Imagery - March 17
It's been a little while since the most recent imagery update, but thanks to sharp-eyed GEB reader 'Munden', we're now aware that Google has just pushed out a new update!
As is usually 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 - 17-March, 6:43pm EST]
- Bahrain: Entire country
- Canada: Manitoba (Winnipeg), Quebec (Granby, Farnham) -- thanks 'Lurgee' and 'tofu'
- China: Haining, Shanghai, Qingdao -- thanks 'Munden' and 'McMaster_de'
- Germany: Kappeln, Bad Münstereifel, Wittlich, Kastellaun, Sinzig, Horb am Neckar, Rottenburg am Neckar and others -- thanks 'margin-auto'
- India: Nagpur -- thanks 'Alok P'
- Ireland: Various areas -- thanks 'rm'
- Japan: (pre-earthquake) Himeji, Ishinomaki, Kakuda, Minamisoma, Nashushiobara, Soma, Tokyo, Tsuchiura, Tsukuba, Yokohama -- thanks 'Munden'
- Poland: Poznan -- thanks 'Paker'
- Romania: North of Timisoara -- thanks 'Triggerhappy'
- South Korea: Gunsan -- thanks 'McMaster_de'
- Ukraine: Kiev -- thanks 'Roman'
- United Kingdom: Wales (northern half)
- United States: California (Arcata, Lone Pine, Los Banos, Merced, Williams, Yuba City), Florida (Boca Raton, Gainesville, Ocala, Oxford, Palm Springs, Spring Hill), Georgia (Buchanan, Jefferson, Savannah), Kansas (Lawrence, Manhattan, Wamego), North Carolina (Asheville), Washington (Sequim, Carlsborg), Wyoming (much of Yellowstone Park including Old Faithful) -- thanks 'GT' and 'S B'
If you find any other updated areas, please leave a comment and let us know!
Posted by mickmel at March 17, 2011 6:40 AM
Comments
Posted by: Roman at March 17, 2011 7:26 AM
IMAGERY DATES - can anyone explain what GE imagery dates mean? The new imagery date for the northern half of Wales is April 2009, but the deciduous trees in full leaf suggesting a later, summer date for image capture, However, this is not as potentially misleading as the 1 January 2006 date of the imagery replaced where the hedgerows are full of white May (shrub) blossom.
Is it, for example, simply the date an agreement with a supplier was signed at some point after capture?
Posted by: Chris at March 17, 2011 8:03 AM
Parts of California, too (Arcata, Lone Pine, Los Banos, Merced, Williams, Yuba City)
Posted by: GT at March 17, 2011 9:35 AM
Granby, Farnham ... Canada, QC
Posted by: Lurgee at March 17, 2011 9:35 AM
Germany: Bad Kreuznach, Alzey, Ingelheim, Bingen
Posted by: margin-auto at March 17, 2011 10:34 AM
Chris -- Great question. I think it's more likely a bug, as that's intended to show the imagery the date was taken. I'll see what I can find out.
Posted by: Mickey at March 17, 2011 10:39 AM
New imagery for Asheville, NC, dated 10/20/2010. Caught a political rally in front of City Hall for Rep. Heath Shuler featuring Bill Clinton. Note the black SUVs behind the stage.
Posted by: S B at March 17, 2011 10:39 AM
Nothing new I've spotted yet, but I sometimes wonder about the image dates myself. Sometimes an image has one date, then an update happens and the date changes, but the image remains the same. Many of these changes are simply one day earlier, but why does the same image get redated?
Posted by: Dave Timpe at March 17, 2011 10:41 AM
About 20 kilometers west of Poznan, Poland
Posted by: Paker at March 17, 2011 11:10 AM
China: Qingdao
Posted by: Munden at March 17, 2011 11:52 AM
Whitehorse Yukon, at last!!
Posted by: Peter Long at March 17, 2011 12:22 PM
Japan: Himeji
Posted by: Munden at March 17, 2011 12:40 PM
various areas in ireland- bailieborough, dunmanway, templemore, wellingtonbridge, south of skibereen, unionhhall...
Posted by: rm at March 17, 2011 12:53 PM
Some of the images just north of Timisoara, Romania were also updated.
Posted by: Triggerhappy at March 17, 2011 2:58 PM
Nagpur, India
Posted by: Alok P at March 17, 2011 3:39 PM
I can't see any updates around Timisoara, Romania. The imagery from northern Timisoara, is from two updates ago.
Posted by: twist3r at March 17, 2011 5:13 PM
Canada: Winnipeg (north half of city) plus some outlying areas.
Posted by: tofu at March 17, 2011 5:53 PM
Alaska - Seldovia
Posted by: McMaster_de at March 17, 2011 6:08 PM
South Korea - Gunsan
Posted by: McMaster_de at March 17, 2011 6:24 PM
China - Haining, Shanghai
Posted by: McMaster_de at March 17, 2011 6:42 PM
China - Haifeng
Posted by: McMaster_de at March 17, 2011 6:44 PM
Scotland: island of Islay (for lovers of fine single malt Scotch)
Posted by: tofu at March 17, 2011 6:48 PM
West of Millau, France. The famous Millau Viaduct has new imagery.
Posted by: Maarten at March 17, 2011 7:01 PM
Bouaké in Ivory Coast also has new 2011 dated imagery.
Posted by: snakeye25 at March 17, 2011 7:18 PM
Found some more small areas in France:
west of Vendome (around Savigny-sur-Braye) and northwest of Evreux (around Le Neubourg)
Posted by: Maarten at March 17, 2011 7:32 PM
Also Stratford London is updated for the 2012 Olympic games....
Posted by: Wooshy at March 17, 2011 8:23 PM
Australia - NSW: Greater Sydney Area, parts of the Southern Highlands, Lithgow area, Kiama
Posted by: Chris H at March 17, 2011 8:38 PM
Looks like the terrain has been updated around Kiama, NSW, Australia.
Posted by: Pete at March 17, 2011 9:11 PM
I just viewed the section for Franklin County, Massachusetts and think it is a bad image. Nearly all of it has thin cloud cover, with some areas nearly obscured. Is there a way to communicate this issue to Google?
Posted by: Dale at March 17, 2011 9:22 PM
France - A north-south strip from Falaise to Amné
Posted by: McMaster_de at March 18, 2011 1:14 AM
France - A north-south strip from Falaise to Le Mans
Posted by: McMaster_de at March 18, 2011 1:14 AM
France - North-South strip from Le Breuil to Migennes
Posted by: McMaster_de at March 18, 2011 1:17 AM
ISLAY Scotland) - @ tofu -lovers of single malt Scotch should not get too carried away as half the island is still covered by default low res imagery unchanged since the launch of GE, and, like the rest of Scotland, improvement of imagery is painfully slow.
Posted by: Chris at March 18, 2011 6:06 AM
@ Chris - yeah, but the south coast distillers are now in hi-res and I can see my fav, Lagavulin clearly now!
Posted by: tofu at March 18, 2011 9:18 AM
There are a couple of large strips of new imagery from August 2010 in Canterbury of New Zealand, featuring Rangiora, Darfield and Rakaia. As per usual, the apparent Christchurch section is currently blocked by the high res 2009 stuff.
Posted by: railfan990 at March 18, 2011 9:20 AM
Indonesia: West Surabaya, Krian, Tarik, Gresik, Mojokerto..
Posted by: Dixtra at March 18, 2011 10:21 AM
Norway - Vikesa
Posted by: Andreas at March 18, 2011 4:51 PM
Sweden - The surroundings of Stockholm (Arlanda Airport)
Posted by: Andreas at March 18, 2011 5:15 PM
Murree, Pakistan.
Posted by: Noman Rais at March 18, 2011 6:16 PM
Some new imagery from Jena, Germany.
Posted by: Axel at March 18, 2011 6:35 PM
@ tofu - Islay was unusual in having extensive Street View coverage before any high res GE imagery, and I think you can get drive by views of all the Islay (and Jura) distilleries - certainly of Lagavulin. There's also a great 369 Cities image of the still room at Bruachladdich.
Posted by: Chris at March 18, 2011 7:24 PM
when will you update historical imagery? Also Update imagery for eastern connecticut. Imagery in eastern connecticut are 5 years old!
Posted by: J55555 at March 18, 2011 7:25 PM
Please Update historical Imagery! Also Please Update Eastern Connecticut. Imagery there is 5 years old. It was up there too long...
Posted by: J55555 at March 18, 2011 7:28 PM
Can someone explain what imagery has changed in Nagpur, India ?
Posted by: Shabbir at March 19, 2011 4:30 AM
You forgot south Lake County Florida
Posted by: antdog at March 19, 2011 4:49 AM
You forgot Clermont Florida
Posted by: antdoghalo at March 19, 2011 4:50 AM
Not sure if it came with this update but probably yes: large area in Veneto region (Italy), north of Venice (Treviso included) finally showing the so called "Passante" (new highway stretch bypassing Mestre)
Posted by: Lorenzo at March 19, 2011 8:47 AM
Karachi,Pakistan.
Imagery is updated.
Posted by: Noman Rais at March 20, 2011 6:01 PM
Could someone post the .KML file for this update?
thank's
Posted by: legolego at March 21, 2011 5:29 AM
@ legolego - you can download the latest imagery update KML from 'Google Earth Gallery' (Google that term. the URL is vast), but as I write the latest KML relates to the 23 February update.
Posted by: Chris at March 21, 2011 1:10 PM
@ legolego - a further point - I think if a KML is saved to 'My Places' (where it is likely to go anyway) GE then send further updates automatically, whilst previous updates are also saved in 'My Places'. This is a service which I managed to get, but the explanation in GE Gallery is not entirely clear, and maybe another GEB reader can clarify. Also there appears to be no date in the Gallery for the latest KML.
Posted by: Chris at March 21, 2011 1:32 PM
KML for 17 March update now available (from GE Gallery or automatically in 'My Places').
Shows large number of smaller updates worldwide.
Posted by: Chris at March 21, 2011 6:42 PM
IMAGE QUALITY - had a chance now to look round the new imagery in Europe revealed by the KML. There's good stuff, but too much of poor quality - false colours, too dark, 'washed out', long shadows, extensive clouds - and, in particular, the updates in Ireland result in a disappointing mess.
It seems that standards are slipping, and, not for the first time, the question must be asked - do GE or their sub-contractors check quality before uploading?
Posted by: Chris at March 22, 2011 7:48 AM
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
VERY IMPORTANT WE WANT TO SEE THE DEMOLISHED SPECTRUM BEFORE THEY START WORKING ON Philly Live!
Posted by: Snake at March 22, 2011 4:06 PM
Trnava,SLOVAKIA.
Imagery is updated. I've got an email notification thanks GOOGLE - Follow Your World.
Posted by: Martin at March 23, 2011 4:20 AM
I found new imagery in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 48° 25'N 35°07'E (images dated 7.19.2010)
Posted by: Alex Pylov at March 23, 2011 1:38 PM
The area of Farwell, Michigan is 6 years old, when will it be updated?
Posted by: Frank at March 30, 2011 6:24 AM
The imagery for Northern Iterland is (for the most part) still the dreadful old blurred satellite images that have been there since the beginning. It is scandalous that Google hasn't (bothered to? been able to?) obtained any up to date aerial images of this part of the United Kingdom.
Posted by: Alan at April 12, 2011 11:05 AM
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