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Maldives Island Group in High Res

March 24, 2006

Part of the new Google Earth data update made last night, are a few excellent high resolution satellite photos of the islands around the Maldives. The Maldives are located southwest of India and look like a great vacation location. Three planes in flight have already been discovered in the area, and a nice “little” sailboat next to a real island paradise (as seen in the screenshot) . There are many high res islands to look at, and you can see many other sailboats enjoying the area. Check out the islands and see the placemarks for the planes and sailboat for yourself.

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Frank Taylor started the Google Earth Blog in July, 2005 shortly after Google Earth was first released. He has worked with 3D computer graphics and VR for many years and was very impressed with this exciting product. Frank completed a 5.5 year circumnavigation of the earth by sailboat in June 2015 which you can read about at Tahina Expedition, and is a licensed pilot, backpacker, diver, and photographer.

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  1. Jeff says

    March 24, 2006 at 12:48 pm

    Thanks for the info on the Maldives! I don’t think I would have noticed the update…I’ve been wanting to visit the maldives for a while…

  2. guido waldenmeier says

    March 25, 2006 at 3:43 am

    wow
    it looks real real great beautyfull

  3. Bill Hodgson says

    March 27, 2006 at 12:27 pm

    The island shown is Bandos, I stayed there once, it was lovely.

  4. JiggaDigga says

    April 7, 2006 at 12:42 am

    Great reading, keep up the great posts.
    Peace, JiggaDigga

  5. Armina says

    November 11, 2006 at 8:21 am

    I am The Online Holidays Personal Travel ConsultantMaldives is the best diving and white sandy beach destination…none of my Clients who visited Maldives have had any complain plus most of the clients are repeaters..
    Enjoy Maldives…

  6. The Maldives Luxury Holiday says

    September 28, 2009 at 7:25 am

    Thank you Bill I was wondering which island that was, I didn’t recognise it. Not surprising really, there is over 1000 of them!

  7. Tyler Jones says

    February 19, 2013 at 12:02 am

    That is an amazing shot! I would love to visit.

  8. multi centre holidays says

    February 19, 2013 at 12:05 am

    Wow, this is what I call ‘awesome’. Well done!



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