Google has just announced a data update with a “significant data move for Western Europe and worldwide placenames and borders”. This primarily effects satellite and aerial photos, but also includes borders and other layer data. I’ll summarize more after I have a chance to look things over. Details from Google in this post:
- large data move for Digital Globe’s coverage of Western Europe (!!)
- Paris, France – GeoInfo 5/2004
- Amsterdam, Assen, Houten, The Hague, Zeist, Wassenaar Waterland – AeroData 2005
- Livingston County, New York – NYGIS 2005
- Columbia County, Orange, Rockland, Westchester,Sullivan, Ulster, Herkimer County, New York – NYGIS 2004
- Herkimer County, New York – NYGIS 2003
- Lawrence, Kansas – Digital Globe 4/2005, 1/2006 (a bit snowy)
- Google Earth Community layer March 24th update, improved presentation
- Antweb added to Community Showcase
- World placenames, borders, and island names – Europa Tech.
- Alternative language placenames (French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English) – Europa Tech.
[EDIT: 19-April-2006 – See this for a growing list of details on the update]
Related:
- Stonehenge now in high res
- More details on 18-April update
- Yahoo! Maps releases 1-m resolution satellite photos
- High Resolution data for Las Vegas
About Frank Taylor
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.