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May 31, 2011
New Google Earth Imagery - May 31
Google has just dropped some more fresh imagery on us! Thanks to GEB reader 'Munden' for being the first to spot it!
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 - 1-June, 7:39am EST]
- Chile: Temuco -- thanks 'Rodrigo Pastor'
- France: Vannes -- thanks 'yves'
- Japan: Hachioji -- thanks 'Munden'
- Norway: Preikestolen -- thanks 'Andreas'
- Romania: Timisoara -- thanks 'cristi'
- United States: California (various areas), Indiana (South Bend), New Hampshire (Manchester), West Virginia (Huntington) -- thanks 'cristi', 'Jonahrf' and 'Munden'
If you find any other updated areas, please leave a comment and let us know!
Posted by mickmel at May 31, 2011 9:11 PM
Comments
Posted by: Munden at May 31, 2011 9:32 PM
Toledo OH!
Posted by: cristi at May 31, 2011 9:33 PM
Madison,Wisconsin!
Posted by: cristi at May 31, 2011 9:34 PM
No, Toledo was last updated 1-24-2011 and Madison was on 11-16-2010. Neither is showing any differences with Google Maps that I can see.
Posted by: Munden at May 31, 2011 9:41 PM
10x munden! sorry but i didn't look at G.Maps!
Posted by: cristi at May 31, 2011 9:44 PM
some areas near Timisoara, Romania! i'm certain they are new updates!
Posted by: cristi at May 31, 2011 9:48 PM
no need to apologize. :) I've done the same thing mroe than once even when using Google Maps as a comparison, heh.
Good call about those blocks near Timisoara. I agree those are clearly updates
Posted by: Munden at May 31, 2011 9:53 PM
ok! 10x again Munden...keep us updated! I'l do the same!
Posted by: cristi at May 31, 2011 9:58 PM
USA, Oregon: Salem, Corvallis (another large block of course)
Posted by: Munden at May 31, 2011 9:59 PM
Japan: Hachioji
Posted by: Munden at May 31, 2011 10:30 PM
United states - New Hampshire- Manchester
April 14th 2011 EST
Posted by: Jonahrf at May 31, 2011 11:08 PM
United states - California- Los Angeles
September 955th 2034
Posted by: Image finder 2034 at May 31, 2011 11:11 PM
United states New Mexico
Dec 100, 2435
Posted by: Image finder 2034 at May 31, 2011 11:13 PM
why is there an image dating april 15th 2034?
Posted by: Image finder 2034 at May 31, 2011 11:15 PM
There also appears to be new Street View imagery. Looks like France is now nearly fully covered.
Posted by: Claudia at June 1, 2011 12:04 AM
NORWAY: Preikestolen (eastern of Stavanger)
Posted by: Andreas at June 1, 2011 1:28 AM
CHILE: Temuco, AT LAST! this is the first actualization here! the previous image was taken in 2003.
Posted by: Rodrigo Pastor at June 1, 2011 3:52 AM
Vannes Britanny France
Posted by: yves at June 1, 2011 5:44 AM
Also there is an update for the town named Râmnicu Sărat, Romania.
Posted by: Popescu Constantin at June 1, 2011 5:47 AM
Altenburger Land,Germany
Posted by: Marko at June 1, 2011 12:33 PM
No,
Altenburger Land,Germany was updated with the previous update. not now!
Posted by: Andreas at June 1, 2011 1:32 PM
STREET VIEW IN FRANCE
In Google Maps activate Pegman, zoom out and the whole of France is coloured a continuous blue for SV coverage; zoom right in and many areas are covered only at a level of 'strategic roads', may be to fill in later. But this seems to be a lot of new imagery in a fascinating country.
With Brussels now in 3D, will SV for Belgium follow soon?
Posted by: Chris at June 1, 2011 2:21 PM
@Chris, according to the following page, France is still being photographed so there will hopefully be more comprehensive coverage over the next year. Also, Belgium doesn't appear to have any Street View vehicles photographing anywhere in the country *today* but I believe it has as recently as the past week or so: http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/learn/where-is-street-view.html
Posted by: Claudia at June 1, 2011 2:56 PM
Manhattan, up the hudson river!
Posted by: brian at June 1, 2011 4:00 PM
Pike's Peak CO has gone back to its old 2002 imagery with lots of cloud cover on the escarpment.
Posted by: GT at June 2, 2011 12:47 AM
St Helena island
Posted by: yves at June 2, 2011 3:59 AM
Vushtrri, Kosovo and the area north of it (9/21/2010).
Posted by: Edi at June 2, 2011 6:27 AM
The california update includes Fresno and Clovis
Posted by: JJJJ at June 3, 2011 2:25 AM
@andreas
Altenburger Land was updated in both recent updates
Posted by: Marko at June 4, 2011 8:16 PM
@Marko
Ok that could be.
But we must wait until the KMZ is updated.
PS:
The Area around Berlin has a new Color. The imagery is the same, but the contrast is better and more real. (Example, Schönefeld Airport)
To see what i mean, go back in history.
Posted by: Andreas at June 4, 2011 9:46 PM
The KMZ is updated. The images were in the historical list within a couple of days of the initial update, for what it's worth.
Posted by: Munden at June 6, 2011 1:08 PM
@Marko, haha no altenburger land ^^
Posted by: Andreas at June 6, 2011 3:55 PM
'Latest update' has now arrived in 'my places' now the KMZ is available. It shows only a very limited amount of new imagery, much of it spotted by GEB readers.
Posted by: Chris at June 6, 2011 5:56 PM
The Google LatLong blog now had the regular posting about the update, with an impressive list of countries with updates of high res satellite imagery, including France and the UK, But both have only one small patch of update each, and maybe Google could admit to their more modest efforts in their blog as well as through the KMZs.
Posted by: Chris at June 7, 2011 5:59 PM
how will i know when my town gets updated in some spots its great in others its just flat
Posted by: James at June 11, 2011 2:38 AM
I have just viewed Google Earth,to my dismay the whole mapping system has gone from a very usefull tool,to a childish "gimmick",with an awfull swing to psudo 3D when I try to zoom down,this makes the whole system completely unuseable for any serious use! How can we revert to the old system?The new format would appear to be the product of some DVD Game producer that is trying to creat more work ! Horrible,and false,the old system with the zoom down to street level cameras,was infinately better!
C,M,B.France.
Posted by: hris Buckingham at June 11, 2011 3:11 AM
Go to Tools --> Options --> Navigation and you can disable the automatic tilt in there.
Posted by: Mickey at June 11, 2011 7:29 AM
I live in West London. I was most excited to see that the image had been updated with a later version but then gravely disappointed to note the drastic loss of resolution of the new image. Is Google Earth wrecking a great original idea by spreading its wings too far? If the new image is no better, why use it?
Posted by: David Thomson at June 12, 2011 10:08 AM
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USA, Califoronia: San Francisco, San Jose on down to San Juan Bautista
Los Angeles, Hollywood, out as far east as Chino/Ontario