Google Earth Imagery Update

Google has released a significant update for Google Earth, but they’re doing it in quiz form again. Here are the clues:

  1. The fans of ‘Sweet Lou’ get to see his three cities updated. — Seems to be Lou Pinella, as both Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA have been updated (but Tampa, FL has not).
  2. This town has the longest railway station name in the UK. – Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwy
    rndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Wales)
  3. Sir Rutherford Alcock was the first foreigner to climb this mountain in 1860. — Mount Fuji, Japan
  4. This major U.S. city was granted “town” status on February 2, 1856. — Dallas, Texas
  5. A major tourist destination and UNESCO World Heritage Site, this city is also home to one of the richest silver mines in the world. — Guanajuato, Mexico
  6. Founded in 1514, this town was the departure point for the Francisco Hernandez de Cordova (1517) and Cortez (1518) expeditions. — Cuba
  7. With over 100 buildings, including a bowling alley, this site is home to the largest community on its continent. — McMurdo Station, Antarctica
  8. With tales of great treasure, a German geologist led an expedition up the face of this very large mountain in 1883. — Cerro Aconcaugua, in the Mendoza province in Argentina.
  9. On the verge of being devoured by the Sahara, this town, which was once a center of learning, is a Moorish architectural jewel. — Morocco
  10. Now visible in Google Earth, this enormous dam will not be fully functional until 2011. — Three Gorges Dam, China

In addition, new imagery has been found in:

  • Southwestern Pennsylvania (Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland Counties)
  • Part of Preston County, West Virginia

If you know the answers to any of the others, please post in the comments below and we’ll get it figured out.

(via Google Earth Blog)

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Continue reading » · Written on: 04-01-08 · 18 Comments »

18 Responses to “Google Earth Imagery Update”

  1. Large Google Earth imagery update | Google Earth Hacks blog wrote:

    [...] Earth Blog reveals some of the locations as Havana, Cuba and Mount Fuji Japan, and the Digital Earth Blog is trying to work through the entire list.  Go check it out for yourself, and contribute to the answers at DEB. Share and Enjoy: These [...]

     April 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 am
  2. scottmsg wrote:

    Although not listed in the trivia questions, there is new high-res imagery Southwestern Pennsylvania (Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland Counties), and a small section of Preston County, West Virginia.

     April 2nd, 2008 at 12:15 am
  3. scottmsg wrote:

    Question #2 - Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (shortened name), Wales. In fact, all of Wales is now covered.

     April 2nd, 2008 at 12:19 am
  4. Stecki wrote:

    Question #8: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconcagua

     April 2nd, 2008 at 12:45 am
  5. Maarten wrote:

    Question #5: That would be Potosí, Bolivia

     April 2nd, 2008 at 1:57 am
  6. mickey wrote:
    Ok, those are all updated now. Just a few left!
     April 2nd, 2008 at 2:03 am
  7. Paul Wilkins wrote:

    Question #6: Cuba
    http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cordoba.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s

     April 2nd, 2008 at 8:01 am
  8. Maff wrote:

    “This town has the longest railway station name in the UK. – Wales”

    is this a joke?
    Wales is a COUNTRY, not a town, was that answered by an American by any chance?

     April 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
  9. New Imagery in Google Earth 1st April ‘08 - Google Sightseeing wrote:

    [...] usual, the announcment comes in the form of a scavenger hunt, but if you’re feeling lazy Digital Earth Blog is collecting the [...]

     April 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
  10. Paul Wilkins wrote:

    Question #9: Morocco
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco

     April 2nd, 2008 at 8:11 am
  11. Paul Wilkins wrote:

    Question #2: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest railway station name. Please update the answer on the question. “Wales” doesn’t do it justice.

     April 2nd, 2008 at 8:15 am
  12. Nuove immagini su Google Earth, 01/04/2008 - Google Sightseeing Italiano wrote:

    [...] ha annunciato l’aggiornamento con la formula di una caccia al tesoro, ma, se siete pigri, su Digital Earth Blog ci stanno arrivando le [...]

     April 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 am
  13. Nouvelles images dans Google Earth - 1er avril 2008 - Google Sightseeing Français wrote:

    [...] mais si vous ne souhaitez pas chercher vous pouvez aller voir la liste des réponses sur le blog Digital Earth (en [...]

     April 2nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
  14. scottmsg wrote:

    In reply to Maff, if you had bothered to read the comments, you would have noticed that the answer was given (with the shortened name as I wasn’t sure what the long name would’ve done to the comments layout). However, since all of Wales has high-res coverage, that is what’s listed.

     April 2nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
  15. Maarten wrote:

    Question #5 correction: it is not Potosí, Bolivia, it is Guanajuato, México.

     April 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 pm
  16. Official answers to the Google Earth quiz | Digital Earth Blog wrote:

    [...] The Google LatLong blog has just posted the official answers to the imagery quiz they put out a few days ago.  We did pretty good! [...]

     April 4th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
  17. Ray in Cincinanti wrote:

    “Sweet Lou” was also a manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Is there an update on Cincinnati?

     April 10th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
  18. Bob wrote:

    London and Guelph Ontario have been added

     April 10th, 2008 at 9:41 pm

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