The following imagery was added to Virtual Earth (and Live Search Maps) today. Can you say 11.5 terabytes of new imagery data?
Hi-res Orthos (using the UltraCam camera)
Canadian Areas...• Toronto
US areas...• Savannah, GA• SaintPaul, MN• Queens, NY• Queens, NY• Tampa, FL• Yonkers/Bronx, NY• Cape Coral, FL• St. Petersburg Beach, FL• Minneapolis, MN
UK areas...• Cardiff• North Hampton • Gloucester • Bristol• Plymouth • Eastbourne • Wolverhampton • Swindon
Hi-res orthos from GlobeXplorer/Digital Globe• Kansas City/Metro, MO• Greenville, SC• South Collier County, FL• Richmond, VA• Norfolk, VA• Chicago, IL• Phoenix, AZ• Phoenix/Metro, AZ• Casa Grande, AZ• Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota, FL• South East, FL• Charlotte, NC• Mass State, MA• New York City, NY• Reno/Lake Tahoe, CA• Monterey/South Coast, CA• Madison, WI• Green Bay/Appleton, WI• Milwaukee, WI• New York/Long Island, NY• Orange County, CA• Pittsburgh, PA• Charleston, SC
OBLIQUES (Bird's Eye) from BLOM
UK areas...• Chelmsford• London• Weston Super Mare
Germany areas...• Ertstadt• Heidelberg• Kerpen• Worms
Italy areas...• Altamura• Andria• Barletta-Trani• Caserta• Cuneo• Manfredonia• Potenza• San_Servero• Avellino• Cava Tirreni• La Spezia• Cerignola• Ragusa• San Remo• Trapani
France areas...• Niort• Cholet• Valence
Finland areas...• Joensuu• Kuopio• Lahti• Tampere• Kotka• Pori• Oulu• Turku
Netherlands areas...• Almere• Arnhem• Deventer• Emmen• Hardenberg• Hilversum• Smallingerland• Alkmaar• Amersfoort• Apeldoorn• Dordrecht• Ede• Eindhoven• Hoogeveen• Hoorn• Almelo• Leyl• Oost-Vlieland• Sittard• Assen• Bergen op Zoom• Gouda• Leeuwarden• Roosendaal
Spain areas...• Avilla• Burgos• Gijon• Lugo• Ourense• Salmanca• Segovia• Vigo• Ponferrada• Zamora• PALE• Cuidad• Pontevedra• Santander• Girona• Torrelavega• Valladolid• Castellon de la Plana• Elda• Fuengirola• Granada• Mijas• Murcia• Velez
Norway areas...• Skien• Fredrikstad
Switzerland area...• St.Gall
Denmark areas...• Kolding• Esbjerg• Fredso• Aalborg
Belgium areas...• Aalst• Brugge• Charleroi• Gent• Hasselt• Kortrijk• Liege• Leuven• Mechelen• Mons• Oostende• Saint Niklaas• Tournai• Verviers
GeoEye 1m satellite orthos• US Virgin Islands• Br Virgin Islands• Taos• Fredericton• Charlottetown• Edwards Air Force Base• Regina• St. Johns• Victoria• Whistler• Hot Springs NP• Acadia NP• Minsk• Prague• Lisbon• Bucharest• Sofiya• Odesa• Cairo• Madrid• Barcelona• Stockholm• Budapest• Athens• Montevideo• Victoria Falls• Mexico City • Mecca• CanberraAU• Nairobi, Kenya• Iguaza Falls• Amazon Rain Forest (small parts)• Cockbur Harbor• Harbour Island• Gorda Cay• High Rocks• FreeT own• St. Eustatius• Ayers Rock• AngkorWat• Cancun/Carmen• Cozumel• George Town• Kingston• Nassau• Lautoka• St Barthelemy• Point a Pitre
NAIP orthos for 30 (Each state has sometimes full, sometimes partial coverage, but this does a lot to rid ourselves of the Black and White DOQQs we have heard so many complaints about.)1m resolution, 2005...• CA, OR, MT, ND, CO, WI, MI, SC, & MD.2m resolution, 2005...• AL, AZ, CT, FL, GA, LA, IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, OH, OK, PA, RI, TX, VA, & WA.
All of Germany from Intergraph (InterMapServer)• 1m coverage with a few 0.5m covered areas
France 0.5 meter orthos from InterAtlas• Lyon• Orleans• Aix-Marseille
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Thank you! Champaign-Urbana, IL imagery now BLOWS AWAY Google's. I shall continue to evangelize Virtual Earth to all my peers! :-)
However, the aerial imagery of downtown Chicago now looks like crap until you zoom in all the way. Take a look. Very disappointing.