Google Earth improves height mesh, updates imagery in time for Thanksgiving
Ah, now here is something to be truly thankful for: An update to Google Earth's dataset. And not just to the imagery — to the height mesh as well. Check out the Matterhorn in Google Earth now:
And the Darfur region gets comprehensive high resolution coverage, which will make the work of humanitarian agencies easier while at the same time make it harder to deny the carnage going on there:
PenguinOpus posted the complete list of improvements to the Google Earth Community BBS here:
This morning, a terrain update occurred that corrects many of the holes in the SRTM data. This greatly improves the appearance of Mt. Everest, Matterhorn, and others in South America, Asia, and Europe.
Also included are imagery updates:
- 12 high-resolution cities in Germany (Bayreuth, Bochum, Castrop-Rauxel, Fulda, Hof, Mannheim, Marburg, Potsdam, Schweinfurt, Siegen, Unna Froendenberg, Wuerzburg)
- 6 high-resolution regions in the UK (Bridgend, Cleveland, Dundee, Plymouth, Poole, Rochford)
- 31 city updates from Digital Globe
- entire island of Oahu
- Imagery from individual cities/counties: Grants Pass, OR; City of Kent, WA; Salem, OR; Douglas County, WA; Hartford County, MD; Jackson County, OR; Summit County, OR;
- Expanded/updated coverage for the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Indiana, and Florida
- Darfur
- 66 Islands
- improved SF/Bay area water
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"Bridgend, Cleveland, Dundee, Plymouth, Poole, Rochford" - now that is just random! still going to have to go and have a look though :) thanks for letting us know ;)
Posted by: Jimmy Lemon at 21:11 UTC, November 23, 2006
very nice but google should provide 3d pictures of all "monuments & wonders" at least like the 3d pic of "colorado river view".
Posted by: deepak at 10:50 UTC, November 25, 2006
As an island buff, I want to know all 66 of the islands they just put up.
Posted by: Pondering Pig at 16:30 UTC, November 25, 2006
Yay! They fixed Machi Piccu. That place as been a smooth slope since forever, Rivers running up hill and a wildly switchbacked road on flat ground. But now it's got the rugged height map under it it looks much better. Good one Google!
Posted by: Craig at 0:18 UTC, November 28, 2006
Indeed they fixed Machu Picchu, but it now appears that all the terrain improvements for South America that were incorporated on November 23, including Machu Picchu, have been withdrawn. Can someone please explain?
Posted by: Jonathan de Ferranti at 19:07 UTC, March 11, 2007
hurry up with it av bin waitin time G
Posted by: paula at 18:25 UTC, May 28, 2008
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