Google is wasting no time in updating imagery in Google Maps. Already, it's at its second update of the year for aerial imagery. 24 cities now boast new images to provide a fresher perspective. Most are in the US, but there are several cities in Europe and one in South America as well, in Brazil."The second 45&d... |
24 January 2012
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There are plenty of ways to explore the world in Google Maps, but a fun one, where available, is the 45 degree mode. In cities where Google has managed to get a hold of aerial imagery, it makes for a much more detailed view and it's also more useful as a guide than top-down satellite imagery.
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13 December 2011
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Google has released aerial imagery for 16 more cities enabling more people to gaze upon their hometowns from a birds eye perspective. While Google has satellite imagery covering the entire planet, more detailed in some places than in others, this only provides a top down and rather high up view.With aerial imagery, y... |
22 October 2011
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Google Maps offers a lot of ways of visualizing a city or a region, but one of the most useful, particularly for urban locations is the 45 degree, aerial imagery. These images show a perspective view of the cities, making it much easier to catch your bearing. Google has now updated or provided new images for several ... |
30 June 2011
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Google Maps can be both fun and informative and one of the most interesting and useful things you can do with it viewing aerial, or 45 degrees imagery. This gives you a bird's eye view of an area, but also some perspective and detail not available in regular satellite imagery.Google has now added more aerial ima... |
13 April 2011
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Google is on a mission to recreate the world in 3D for its mapping products. That's no small feat, luckily Google can rely on the help of volunteers who, using tools like the Google Building Maker, can easily model their towns for the world to see. And Building Maker is now one year old. "October 13 is... the fi... |
14 October 2010
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Microsoft has released a new double digit Terabytes update to Virtual Earth expanding yet again the content available to end users. The Redmond company has made a tradition of introducing heavyweight updates to its mapping, imaging, location data visualization and search platform, and the June release is just the lat... |
26 June 2008
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Geo-evenement 2008 was the stage where Microsoft and Institut Geographique National unveiled a partnership designed to bring additional content to Virtual Earth. The five-year alliance between the Redmond company and IGN means that new aerial imagery of locations across France will be integrated into virtual Earth an... |
10 April 2008
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