The Google Earth Blog has produced this excellent video highlighting some of the newly added features:
Be sure to check out the Google Earth Blog for a much fuller analysis of Google Earth's new features, including: streetview, day/night lighting effects, faster loading 3d buildings and much, much more.
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I've disabled the comments now for this post. If you are interested in when Google will update the satellite imagery where you live please read this good post on the Google Earth Blog - About Google Earth Imagery
Incredible!!!!Never would have dreamed it possible.
ReplyDeletei just downloaded google earth and its about 3 years old.
ReplyDeletei know this because i zoomed in to my home and seen a serria i had 3 years ago
The West Virginia coverage by Google Earth is TERRIBLE. I would like to see what car I had 3 years ago but if it wasn't for the street and city names I couldn't even tell what city I was looking at.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know why I can get my nephews house in England so well, but can't see a friends in Mountain Home Arkansas well enough to distinguish anything.
ReplyDeleteWhen does Google Earth update it's satellite pictures. I have been looking to see if it shows any improvements on our property and still nothing. It's been almost three years since we planted the to trees shown as green spots in the back yard.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Earth is updated fairly regularly. Last week lots of imagery was updated. You can read about Google Earth updates on the Google Earth Blog.
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Why are there no replies to the questions in this blog?
ReplyDeleteIs anybody listening?
Well I try to answer questions I know the answers to. Remember this is an unofficial blog so we often don't know the answers.
ReplyDeleteMost of the questions on this post seem to be about Google Earth and this is a Google Maps blog. That is why I referred people to the Google Earth blog in the answer I gave above.
i think it was updated pretty recently cuz i was looking at poway, ca which was hit hard by the San Diego wildfires back in october and i see a lot of the remains if my friends houses that were burned down. A month or two ago it still showed them before the fires
ReplyDeletepicture of gradiska in bosnia and herzegovina is at least four years old. it is a big shame for google to make such a different update quality
ReplyDeleteGoogle earth is a very very handy tool for many kinds of management for which I would like to thank and congratulate google earth. Few things need to be looked into. Some part of the images are not clear where as some parts are very clear. It would be really nice if image quality and resolution could be improved as well updated at least once in a year. I use google images for lot of my reports. Thanks once again.
ReplyDeletePasang from Bhutan.
Does anyone know when we will have Street View in the UK?
ReplyDeleteI have had a few e-mails from readers in the last couple of weeks who have noticed the street view button on Google Maps in the UK. I haven't seen it myself but it looks like it could be very soon.
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ReplyDeleteI've come to realize that Google Earth is just not up to speed on new images. Now, it really is not their fault,as they take images from what is out there. But,THREE YEARS LATER,They are just not trying!
Is the Mexican "Baja" coast updated? Especially the Cabo San Lucas region. It appears to be 3-4 years old...Can you respond ?
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly, I don't know how often Google Earth updates, but a huge bush at the side and one tree in front of my house in Nashville were both removed more than four years ago and they still appear in the image.
ReplyDeleteYou people need to understand that google does not have thier own satellite, they get their images from other sources, google has "google earth" which is just a piece of software that combines imagery from different sources, google does not decide when and where a different company will point that companys satellite.
ReplyDeleteExactly, which means that the imagery and resolution is determined by private companies that are taking those pictures for other reasons. If Google had their own satelite then they could probably to a full update every month or so. As it is you won't see the resolution improve for your area until a company zooms in on you for a picture which in some cases could be a decade or more. Alternately, there are companies that will use their satelite for $40+ to take a pic of your area at high resolution so u can post it on your wall as art. Ironically, by buying such a picture you would make it possible (as it'd pop on the net as data) for GoogleEarth to take that pic and apply it to the database. Thus showing an updated picture. Otherwise just sit tight or convince Google that there's a business in sending up their own Satelite.
ReplyDeleteits not hard to update a version peeps. i got the latest 2008-9 one. just go into your original google earth as normal and look on the help tab at the top and youll find 'check for updates online'. And you can then get google earth 4.3 for free!
ReplyDeleteSo in fact paying for google earth pro is just buying out of date maps and photos. I sold my van over 5 years ago and still it shows on my driveway.
ReplyDeleteMay as well just visit your local library and ask for the arial photos for where you want to look at same thing just free and on paper
Well, guys, the maps for my part of Spain are dated August 2002. You think YOURS should be updated?!?!?!? Steve, Castellon, Spain.
ReplyDeletewell yeah hahaha in melbourne australia it still shows
ReplyDeletea)the running track laid on the M.C.G. for the commonweath games in 2006
b)Lake Eildon with water!!!! there hasnt been any water in it since early 2000 at least
when will south africa street view will be made like on U.S.A
ReplyDeleteHi to all, pictures close to Kiev (Capital of Ukraine) are dated March 30, 2002
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The pictures in Copenhagen, Denmark is from 2005 and some from 2006...
ReplyDeleteThe largest city in Scandinavia and the second largest city in Northen Europe - after London - has 4 years old pictures...
when will jamaica satellite picture be updated
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