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Google Earth Imagery Update for May, 2009

May 9, 2009

According to the Google Earth Blog, there has been another imagery update for Google Earth.  The full list of updated areas is still coming in, but so far they’ve found updates in Scotland, Brazel, USA, Englad, Norway and Spain. Keep an eye on the GEB post for more updates.

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More fresh imagery for Virtual Earth

April 29, 2009

Another imagery update for Virtual Earth.  They’ve still not released any new 3D “version 2″ cities (WHY??), but they keep pushing new imagery out at a good pace. This update covers “only” 9TB of data, but they brag that it covers over 1 million square kilometers of Earth.  That sounds nice, but I wonder how [...]

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Google Earth imagery update

April 11, 2009

Google has just pushed out an imagery update, though the extent of it is still unknown.  According to Google Earth Blog, the following areas have been updated: United States – Broad coverage in in about a dozen states that used to have low-res imagery. India – Re-colorized, so it looks much better from way up [...]

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Another large imagery update for Virtual Earth

March 27, 2009

Microsoft has just pushed out another large imagery update for Virtual Earth.  While it’s only 21TB (a huge number for sure, but smaller than previous releases), it adds new imagery to parts of 63 different countries.  Quite impressive! You can view the full list of updates here. I just wanna know when we’re gonna see [...]

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Another big Virtual Earth imagery update

March 4, 2009

Microsoft has pushed out another big imagery update for Virtual Earth — this one with about 55TB of data.  Quite impressive! This covers most types of imagery in many areas around the world.  A detailed list can be found here. My question is: what’s up with the 3D cities?  They simply haven’t been adding any [...]

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New Google Earth imagery

February 28, 2009

As reported by Google Earth Blog, some new imagery seems to have arrived in Google Earth.  Some of the updated areas include portions of: Scotland China Africa A few US states South Korea Mongolia Iceland You can get more details at GEB, and we’ll be updating this post with more locations as they become known.

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Microsoft releases massive imagery update for Virtual Earth

February 4, 2009

Virtual Earth has been quiet lately, but Microsoft has just released a TON of new imagery for it.  No new features like Google Earth’s sweet update, and still no new 3D buildings, but the amount of imagery is quite impressive. New Bird’s Eye imagery in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, the UK [...]

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Huge imagery release for Virtual Earth

November 6, 2008

Microsoft has rolled out another enormous imagery release for Virtual Earth.  Details can be found here, but the quick version includes: Orthos   Spain Japan Obliques (Bird’s Eye) United States Japan Australia Canada United Kingdom Germany Austria Luxembourg Sadly, once again, there doesn’t appear to be any new 3D buildings.  C’mon Microsoft — those “version [...]

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Google Earth imagery update

October 13, 2008

It appears that another Google Earth imagery update is underway, covering a variety of locations around the world.  The latest list, as provided by the Google Earth Blog, includes: Large portions of India Various places in the US, including parts of North Carolina and Utah Northern Mexico Romania — maybe the entire country? Parts of [...]

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Details on the Google Earth imagery update

September 9, 2008

We reported a few days ago about the imagery update for Google Earth, and now they’ve released details about exactly what has been updated: Americas: USA: Chicago, Houston, Tampa, Nassau County (NY), Westchester County (NY), Rockland County (NY), Putnam County (NY), Rensselaer County, Albany County (NY), Schenectady County (NY), SaratogaCounty (NY), Tompkins County (NY), Schuyler [...]

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