[UPDATE SEPTEMBER 9th: Google has released the details on this imagery update. But, you may find more information on the locations in this post here.]
Google has quietly pushed out a new imagery update finally. The last real imagery update was in July (not counting the smaller one for Beijing for the Olympics). I’m still trying to determine the updated areas. If you find some new imagery (the easiest way to tell is to compare the imagery with Google Maps which doesn’t have the update yet – click the Google Maps button above the imagery in Google Earth). Here’s the list so far (UPDATED Sept 6, 1345 EDT):
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Houston, Texas
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State of West Virginia
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Western half of Turkeyhas medium resolution Spot Image satellite coverage for the whole country
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Areas of Australia also have new medium resolution Spot Image
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Metropolitan area of Chicago – excluding downtown (thanks Patrick!)
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Barcelona, Spain (Roy) – Barcelona unconfirmed – I see no new stuff compared to Google Maps
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Madrid, Spain
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Paris, France (Roy)
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Cannes, Antibes, Nice, St. Tropez, Orleans, and Monaco – French Riviera area (Martin)
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East Massachusetts (Roy)
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Westchester County and Albany, NY (Roy)
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Prague, Cz (Iñigo)
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Near Toronto, Quebec City, part of Ontario (including Belleville, Prince Edward County) – Canada (Iñigo, AKB, Philip)
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Palermo, Turin – Italy (Iñigo)
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Zurich, Switzerland (Iñigo)
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Greek Islands – including Kythnos, Gyaros, Syros, Polyaigos, Milos, and more
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Greece – Most of Greece now has at least medium resolution Spot Image
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Slovakia – entire country has new high res imagery (gulo)
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Cartagena (southwest), Spain (Martin)
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Manitoba (southeast), Canada (fengshui)
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Near Chiang Khong, Near Three Pagodas Pass, Thailand (Pete)
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Luang Prabang, Laos (Pete)
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Near Hanoi, Vietnam
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Phillipines – lots of areas – see comment by Eugene Villar
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Kobe, Kyoto, Japan (Munden)
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Southwest Montreal, Canada – lots of areas in southern Canada
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Northern border of Mexico – several GeoEye strips – e.g. see southwest of El Paso
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Lisbon, Portugal
(Reload this post to get the latest list)
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.