Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World

draevil writes "Google has hugely expanded the areas of the world that it covers with satellite imagery. Egypt, Iraq, mainland Europe and the UK have all now got satellite coverage to a lesser or greater degree. Slashdotters can now go see sights like Buckingham Palace or the Arc de Triomphe from the comfort of their own swivelchairs. Iraq in particular seems to have a large number of high-zoom areas. I just looked up the Baghdad Parade Grounds where Saddam used to take the salute and other towns like Fallujah are also there. Finding landmarks without the map content is a little harder, so what can the Slashdot crowd find?"

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some more interesing objects

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Eiffel Tower
St. Peter in Rome
Florence, Duomo

Water reservoirs in Sahara.

Creter of Vesuvius

Eiffel tower, Giza pyramids..

[Guiri]

More interesting links:

• Tour Eiffel
• Giza Pyramids
• Pompeya
• Osaka airport
• Munich olimpic stadium
• City of arts in Valencia
• Expo 98 in Lisboa

Gotta love this maps..

I 'found' all the Unesco World Heritage Sites

[btempleton]

Odd coincidence, just today I put up a set of pages derived from a database of the coordinates of all 788 of the Unesco World Heirtage sites, which includes many interesting landmarks.

Here is the page of Google Maps for World Heritage Sites, and there is also a blog entry for comments and corrections. Many can be zoomed in on. Enjoy.

Re:How old are the images?

[gullevek]

they are very old for some parts. The trash burning facility near me has still the old tower and that was sure replaced very long ago. Plus right through Shibuya goes the map cut of old (see post of Roppongi Hills) and _very_old. Funny thing is the Cerullian Tower (Hotel) there "blends" in on the edge of old and new.

Tokyo, Shibuya

Also, the Meguro Station got a new cover, which blends in on the old/new edge:

Tokyo, Meguro Station