Google Earth update

[+Skate and Jane]

Not sure when this happened but there are loads of new areas in higher definition including the Westcountry at last.

[+The Bongtwashes]

Hemel Hempstead has much higher definition than last week, but the aerial photos are at least 4 years old.

[+The Hancock Clan]

Not sure when this happened but there are loads of new areas in higher definition including the Westcountry at last.

Cool! About time we had a look in down 'ere!

Good fun trying to work out the age of the images! Must be a few years old though as we have what looks like a beach tent in the garden? Nowadays if the sun's out wouldn't dream of having a day in!

Also noticed it's the old shape Exeter high street and the Blue Ball at Sidford hasn't burned down yet!

[+*mouse*]

Parts of the East Coast have also been updated. I think the new images must be between 2-3 years old judging from the stage of the road works you can see.

[+Skate and Jane]

My guess is the winter of 02/03 judging by a building site we sold and the state of the development on it.

[+Jaz666]

Here's what's changed.

 

New high resolution:

Canada: Whistler, BC; Waterloo & Toronto, Ontario; Nanaimo, BC; and

Fort Saskatchewan, AB

England: Base 50cm coverage of nearly entire country,

Germany: Cities/Regions of Greifswald, Trier, Köln, Stuttgart, Bonn,

Oldenburg, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Hannover, and Ritterhude

Austria: Villach region

France: Cities of Caen, Dijon, Metz, St Etienne, Toulouse and Rouen

Spain: Catalonia and Valencia

Andorra

US: Imperial County (CA); Yellowstone National Park (WY);

Galveston/Houston (TX); Peterborough (NH); Cheyenne (WY); Burke, Wake,

and Cabarrus Counties (NC); Racine and Kenosha Counties (WI);

Washington, DC; St Paul (MN); and the State of Alabama

Japan: City/Regions of Kochi, Asahikawa, Koriyama, Miyazaki, Nagano,

Utsunomiya, Akita, and Toyama

 

Large Digital Globe (60cm) update includes areas in Sudan, expanded

Africa, Australia, Mexico coverage and smaller areas of coverage in

Asia, Polynesia, South America, Canada, Europe, Middle East plus some

interesting islands in Antarctica and Greenland.

 

Updated Imagery:

Americas: Bogotá, Columbia; Mission Viejo (CA, US); Hillsborough County (FL, US)

EU: Dublin, Ireland

Middle East/Africa: Beirut, Lebanon and Tripoli, Libya

Asia: Hong Kong and Manila, Philippines

 

Updated Terrain:

Western US 10m, Canary Islands 10m

[lakeuk]

The Lakes look very nice, I can see my old car from 5 yrs back in my drive

[+keehotee]

My guess is the winter of 02/03

I'll second that - they haven't put the roof on the Met Office yet, but my Portacabin office is in place, - which narrows it to November / December 02. Plus, there aren't millions of student cars parked in my road - which narrows it down even further to Christmas break 2002.

[+L8HNB]

Our bit of Worcestershire (Pershore area) has had a tidy up too - but the images are also at least six years old, our old red Discos on the drive......

[+Jaz666]

The Harrogate area is finally more than a big green blob!

[+GAZ]

A lot better here in Carlisle....but not as good as HERE The coverage is superb over Carlisle....and the "birds eye view" option is spot on!!

[+The Bongtwashes]

What's so special about the area centred on approx N51 42.460 W000 57.500?

[+scottpa100]

Boooo!! The Google notice says that England is now at high res. I thought (and hoped!) this was just a usual Amercanism... England, UK, Britain. Whatever.... But no! England hi-res, Wales still all blobby and green! (No sarky responses there peeps!)

 

Maybe the Welsh Assembly have got a special Google Earth update happening soon!

[+Jaz666]

What's so special about the area centred on approx N51 42.460 W000 57.500?

 

I believe it was last seen in orbit of Jupiter back in 2001

 

According to Memorymap there is nothing of interest there.

 

Here's the same spot in flashearth

[Lactodorum]

Boooo!! The Google notice says that England is now at high res. I thought (and hoped!) this was just a usual Amercanism... England, UK, Britain. Whatever.... But no! England hi-res, Wales still all blobby and green! (No sarky responses there peeps!)

 

Maybe the Welsh Assembly have got a special Google Earth update happening soon!

Living 7 miles from the border (on the English side) I had look at my local area. Sure enough, on the English side there's lots of detail but scan across and as soon as you get into Wales the detail disappears . Try searching for Kington, which is just on the English side and scan westwards.

[+KathyXB]

My guess is the winter of 02/03

 

Not in my area! The hydrangea in the back garden is in full bloom and all the trees are covered in leaves...must have been one summer but I can't see any other specific clues.

Edited June 9, 2007 by KathyXB

[Edgemaster]

Boooo!! The Google notice says that England is now at high res. I thought (and hoped!) this was just a usual Amercanism... England, UK, Britain. Whatever.... But no! England hi-res, Wales still all blobby and green! (No sarky responses there peeps!)

 

Maybe the Welsh Assembly have got a special Google Earth update happening soon!

Living 7 miles from the border (on the English side) I had look at my local area. Sure enough, on the English side there's lots of detail but scan across and as soon as you get into Wales the detail disappears . Try searching for Kington, which is just on the English side and scan westwards.

Wow, I hadn't thought about it that way, but looking at the border, the image quality does follow it in a blocky fashion!

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&om=1....11673&z=13

[+Molinnis]

Cornwalls about 4-5 years old and interestingly Plymouth sound now has two breakwaters!!!!!!

[+Simply Paul]

What's so special about the area centred on approx N51 42.460 W000 57.500?

I believe it was last seen in orbit of Jupiter back in 2001

According to Memorymap there is nothing of interest there.

Here's the same spot in flashearth

It was Io, actually. For those in the dark about Big Brother (the 1x4x9 version, not the Channel 4 thing) he can be found here. Edited June 9, 2007 by Simply Paul

[+FollowMeChaps]

I would have thought Io would cast a round, not oblong, shadow!

[+GAZ]

Boooo!! The Google notice says that England is now at high res. I thought (and hoped!) this was just a usual Amercanism... England, UK, Britain. Whatever.... But no! England hi-res, Wales still all blobby and green! (No sarky responses there peeps!)

 

Maybe the Welsh Assembly have got a special Google Earth update happening soon!

Living 7 miles from the border (on the English side) I had look at my local area. Sure enough, on the English side there's lots of detail but scan across and as soon as you get into Wales the detail disappears . Try searching for Kington, which is just on the English side and scan westwards.

 

Try Here and type in Kington.....crystal clear!!

[+GAZ]

Boooo!! The Google notice says that England is now at high res. I thought (and hoped!) this was just a usual Amercanism... England, UK, Britain. Whatever.... But no! England hi-res, Wales still all blobby and green! (No sarky responses there peeps!)

 

Maybe the Welsh Assembly have got a special Google Earth update happening soon!

 

Same as above....type in Colwyn Bay.....crystal clear!!

[+SidAndBob]

Boooo!! The Google notice says that England is now at high res. I thought (and hoped!) this was just a usual Amercanism... England, UK, Britain. Whatever.... But no! England hi-res, Wales still all blobby and green! (No sarky responses there peeps!)

 

Maybe the Welsh Assembly have got a special Google Earth update happening soon!

Living 7 miles from the border (on the English side) I had look at my local area. Sure enough, on the English side there's lots of detail but scan across and as soon as you get into Wales the detail disappears . Try searching for Kington, which is just on the English side and scan westwards.

Wales seems very hit and miss. Abergavenny and Swansea, for instance, look great, but most of Wales is represented very poorly.

 

The village where I live (Newland, Glos.) is on a join and suffers badly from ghosting where the images don't meet up.

[+minstrelcat]

I found a bit of England that wasn't updated.

 

The bit the arrow is pointing to.

 

[Edgemaster]

Another update for the UK:

 

High resolution images now for: Exeter, Brighton, Crawley, Essex, Colchester, Chelmsford, Swindon, Cheltenham, Ipswich, Norwich, Peterborough, Leicester, Chesterfield

 

And updated imagery for: Plymouth, Torquay, Bournemouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, Gillingham, Southend, Basildon, Berkshire, Reading, Milton Keynes, Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, Cambridge, Norfolk, Derby, Halifax, Leeds, Darlington, Dundee, Belfast

 

Source - Google LatLong Blog

[+chrissyboy2241]

i keep checking on a house im buying...just to think about what i can do with the garden, and that area seems to have lost definition, but my dads place down the road shows 2 of my cars parked up....off road...dead....boo hoo. one my trusty lada niva pig and the other my trusty pug 205 interceptor...although neither turned out to be too trusty as they both blew up

[+Simply Paul]

I found a bit of England that wasn't updated.

 

The bit the arrow is pointing to.

 

You think that's bad? Try finding the large circular feature to the north west on either 1:50k or 1:25k OS maps. It doesn't exist, apparently. Looks a great spot though! Local cacher hiders, are you listening?

[+JeremyR]

You think that's bad? Try finding the large circular feature to the north west on either 1:50k or 1:25k OS maps. It doesn't exist, apparently. Looks a great spot though! Local cacher hiders, are you listening?

What is that? Best I can find on t'internet is that it's some kind of man-made nesting ground (amongst suggestions that it's a crashed UFO and a giant doughnut). If it was 'just' a nesting ground, though, wouldn't you expect it to be on the maps?

[Nediam]

You think that's bad? Try finding the large circular feature to the north west on either 1:50k or 1:25k OS maps. It doesn't exist, apparently. Looks a great spot though! Local cacher hiders, are you listening?

What is that? Best I can find on t'internet is that it's some kind of man-made nesting ground (amongst suggestions that it's a crashed UFO and a giant doughnut). If it was 'just' a nesting ground, though, wouldn't you expect it to be on the maps?

It was an experiment called "Trial Bank" to see if it was viable to build a dam across the Wash thereby creating a HUGE reservoir of (eventually) fresh water. Turned out the project wasn't viable!

I'll try and find out the info I had and re-post it

 

"1972: a feasibility study commissioned by the Government to build a barrage across half of The Wash to capture the freshwater from the four main rivers, to improve navigation through sea locks, to provide recreational facilities and an area of land for a power station, etc. was undertaken. This led to the circular trial bank/bund being built to the east of Sutton Bridge and the Nene. The purpose of which was to act as reservoirs but the report concluded it would be too costly."

 

Piccy....

Edited October 25, 2007 by Nediam

[+Simply Paul]

There's another photo here: Geograph.org.uk

But it's not on the map here: Get-a-map

As a bird habitat it wouldn't make a great spot for a cache, but that sign in front of it might

[Nediam]

....

But it's not on the map here: Get-a-map

.....

 

Hmmm, that's weird it shows up on my MemoryMap 50k. Mine are probably old maps...

[+minstrelcat]

There's a cache on the inner trial bank.

 

Lisa

[+JeremyR]

Thanks for the explanations, although I admit I was hoping it was a secret nuclear launch bunker or something

[+The Craig Clan]

Leeds has been updated for sure. I used to be able to see the old Mazda in the drive from 2002ish.

Now I can the neighbour new car and the missus sunbathing in the backgarden!

 

No I'm not telling you where we live!!

[+keehotee]

Exeter's pretty good - can see my greenhouse, and it was only up for 6 months this year - and Southernhay's there too, so it must be pretty recent.....

[+walkergeoff and wife]

No change in my area - Binfield, in Berkshire!

[+Lotho]

Lower earley in reading looks the same for me, i have to say reading town centre is alot better now.

Edited October 27, 2007 by Lotho

[+SidAndBob]

There's a link in our village for Newland, Worcestershire. The only problem is that we live in Newland, Gloucestershire. It tells how we're on "the northern edge of Malvern Link." Hmmm, I don't think so.

[+Chaotica_UK]

Yes, its a couple of years old in my part of Bristol, my neighbours grass and borders still resemble the 'World of Leather' symbol.