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Bing Maps Imagery Release for August, 2009

August 31, 2009

Another month, another big imagery release for Bing Maps. It’s not as large as the last one (101,485 square kilometers, vs. about 189,000 sq. km. in July), but it’s still very substantial.

This one covers 23 countries, but only Japan got more than just a smattering of new imagery. There wasn’t even any in the continental [...]

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Bing Maps Imagery Update for July

August 4, 2009

Hot on the heels of Google’s latest imagery update, we have a huge imagery update from Bing Maps (via James Fee). This update includes 41TB of raw imagery, covering 189,000 sq. km., and about 12,000 sq. km. of Bird’s Eye imagery.
One of the neat things that Microsoft does with each release is post a “World [...]

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Google Earth Imagery Update for August

August 2, 2009

Google has just pushed out a significant imagery update for Google Earth, although the precise scope of it is not yet know. According to the Google Earth Blog, updated countries include: China, USA, Africa, Bahamas, Italy and many others. It seems to be quite a large update.
If you think you’ve found some updated imagery, compare [...]

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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 it [...]

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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 high.
France – [...]

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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 more 3D [...]

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Major update to Google Maps, primarly with StreetView

November 26, 2008

Hot on the heels of its arrival on the iPhone, the web interface of Google Maps has just received a major overhaul. In particular, the handling of StreetView is much different.
Google Maps Mania has a great overview of the changes, as does the video below. Check it out!

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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 2″ cities are amazing and we want more of them!

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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 Spain
The entire Czech Republic

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