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The Costa Concordia, now visible in Genoa, Italy

January 22, 2015

Although Google have not updated their ‘Latest Google Earth Imagery Updates’ map since the December 17th update, a number of readers have let us know that there have been quite a few areas updated since then.

GEB reader Sladys has also pointed us to the fact that Genoa, Italy has been updated and the Costa Concordia can be seen in the new imagery. Soon after the Costa Concordia disaster happened we showed you satellite imagery of the wrecked cruise ship and not long after we had a look at a stunning 3D Google Earth tour of the disaster created by Peter Olsen.

It took more than two years for the ship to be salvaged and it was towed to Genoa in July 2014. The current image in Google Earth is from September 2nd, 2014. For pictures of the vessel arriving in Genoa see this article. To see the location in Google Earth, download this KML file.

Costa Concordia
The Costa Concordia docked in Genoa, Italy waiting to be scrapped.

Other places that have updated satellite imagery include:

From GEB reader Sladys:
New York City and Denmark: the island Als from Sonderborg along with the western part of the island of Fyn and up to Fredericia.

From GEB reader Horváth:
New River Lagoon, Belize
The Western half of Chiquinquira, Colombia

From GEB reader André:
Koh Kong – Cambodia 2014-12-29 Lat 11.615871° Long 102.998715°
Mieu Mon – Vietnam 2014-12-17 Lat 20.828134° Long 105.647598°
Hanoi – Vietnam 2014-12-23 Lat 21.038988° Long 105.890052°
Hai Phong – Vietnam 2014-12-30 Lat 20.804957° Long 106.607445°
Bai Thuong – Vietnam 2014-12-30 Lat 19.902632° Long 105.467691°
Nanjing – China 2014-12-29 Lat 31.971838° Long 118.840109°
Namelala – Mozambique 2014-12-29 Lat -14.473656° Long 40.650851°
East of Makurdi – Nigeria 2014-12-31 Lat 7.689083° Long 8.677589°
Ibadan – Nigeria 2014-12-28 Lat 7.359290° Long 3.973806°
Accra – Ghana 2014-12-29 Lat 5.601988° Long -0.169390°

From GEB reader MapMaker:
Some areas in Ukrane

About Timothy Whitehead

Timothy has been using Google Earth since 2004 when it was still called Keyhole before it was renamed Google Earth in 2005 and has been a huge fan ever since. He is a programmer working for Red Wing Aerobatx and lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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  1. Sladys says

    January 22, 2015 at 6:59 am

    It wasn’t York I mentioned. It was New York City.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      January 22, 2015 at 10:03 am

      My mistake, I have corrected it. Thanks.

  2. ehog90ehog says

    January 22, 2015 at 11:41 am

    Vienna is also updated.

  3. Sladys says

    January 23, 2015 at 1:57 am

    Paris, France also updated.

  4. Sladys says

    January 23, 2015 at 2:18 am

    Rome, Italy

  5. Paul Lackey says

    January 23, 2015 at 4:08 am

    There appears to be a large area of new imagery in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.

  6. PurpleHaze says

    January 26, 2015 at 10:12 am

    It’s amazing how the last several years Google hasbeen really quiet about their updates like they don’t really give a rip anymore. I suspect they are quietly shifting gears to something different as they focus more on online marketing then providing useful products for free.

  7. Maarten says

    February 26, 2015 at 7:35 am

    Any new imagery found lately?

  8. Bob says

    March 1, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    The ship has been moved… the existing coordinates reveal an empty mooring location as of March 1, 2015

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      March 1, 2015 at 2:19 pm

      It is hidden under the 3D. Turn off 3D buildings, or switch to ‘historical imagery’. If you use the KML from the post it should automatically switch to ‘historical imagery’.



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