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Febrero 17, 2007
Australia Has Detailed Roads in Google Earth
At last! After months of waiting, Google has migrated the detailed road maps they had in Google Maps into the Google Earth layer for roads. A week or two ago, we had a clue this was coming when some GEB readers pointed out the driving directions were available for Australia - just no visible layer. Today the layer finally was released. Both Australia and New Zealand roads were added at about the same time to Google Maps last fall. Since in GE the sparse roads for New Zealand are now completely missing, I suspect New Zealand will soon have detailed roads as well.
One thing which will probably take a bit longer for this region are the other points of interest layers (like Parks, Lodging, Dining, etc.). Once they have added those layers this regions will be more on a par with the US and Europe.
Enviado por FrankTaylor at Febrero 17, 2007 09:55 PM
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Enviado por: Lauren at Febrero 18, 2007 02:58 AM
Actually, I think the information for New Zealand roads is there because you can still look for directions in NZ. It's just that the maps are only marked with the alking trails.
Enviado por: nxdat at Febrero 18, 2007 01:26 PM
Google Earth has turned me into a map freak. In the past I have seen absolutely amazing detailed elevation data around Queenstown (NZ) in Nasa's Worldwind you had to install some thingy (Can't remember) to see it but it can be done. I just can not understand why Google Earth won't use the superior lidar data. I live in West of Auckland in the Waitakere hills. Well in Google Earth these hills look terribly flat and boring.
With your connections. Can you tell us why Google Earth has such a poor elevation data?
Enviado por: dinther at Febrero 21, 2007 07:48 PM
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I'm glad to see the long-awaited roads are almost here, but what really spoils the view of New Zealand is the poor resolution (and often poorly georeferenced) terrain data. For example, take a look at Mt. Taranaki on the north island.
I'd be happy if they could get something comparable to the SRTM elevation data used for the US, although at some point it would be really cool to see some high-resolution Lidar data for a few urban areas in Google Earth.