Tags: Google, Google Earth
Google Earth: Major UK Update
December 3rd, 2005, by Rich.
Just a quickie this, because there’s so much to look at. Google Earth has just had a major data update for the UK.
Places that were already in high resolution have been improved, and many new places added, including lots of South Wales (as far west as Gower, North to Ebbw Vale, South to Cardiff and west to Newport). Bristol is also included, as is a HUGE swathe starting at Liverpool and spreading east. Greater London is now far clearer than before and some sections of the south coast including Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Poole and the Isle of Wight have also benefitted from higher resolution images.
I’ve also noticed massive improvements to Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle Upon Tyne, and even little old Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall are now in high res.
I think it’s time to revisit my comparison of Aerial Photo’s and Google Earth to see how the images have improved.
December 8th, 2005 at 11:39 am
I just did the upgrade, and would you believe it, just where my house is on the high-res images, there’s a bloody big, black splodge !!
Must have been a cloud, damn !
January 28th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
Just great
June 17th, 2006 at 5:47 am
In the GE (’Keyhole’) forum, under the News section, there’s this by one of the moderators:
“Largest Data Update Ever - Jun8, ‘06
On June 8th, we updated all historical Digital Globe data along with a few other insets. Trying to enumerate everything updated is impossible, but now >33% of the world population rooftops are covered by
October 17th, 2007 at 5:18 am
Google earth is very good but having read that they update every 1 to 3 years I was surprised to see my old blue van parked in my drive. I scrapped that one over 4 years ago. I live in Redruth UK. Any idea when this area will be updated? Clive