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July 30, 2007

Posted by Matt Manolides, GIS SpecialistAlaska was updated with new terrain and Colorado was updated with new imagery.

A: Vermont was updated with new imagery.
A: Orlando (Space Mountain), Daytona Beach, and Melbourne Florida were all updated with new imagery.
A: I have yet to count them all, but check out Tuscon Arizona and try yourself!
A: Just outside Milwaukee, you can see Miller Park, home of the Brewers, with its retractable roof closing.
A: The Washington Redskins play right outside of Washington DC, at FedEx field.
A: Historic Charleston, West Virginia is now visible.
A: Tacoma, Washington is the name of the city.
A: As the saying goes... "From here to Timbuktu"
A: Jane Austen spent her final years in Winchester, England.Cafe Terrace at Night
A: This cafe is in Arles, France. It is now called Cafe Van Gogh (try searching for it in Google Earth).
A: Cointreau was invented in, and only distilled in, Angers, France.
A: Italy is now covered with SPOT 2.5m imagery.
A: Cologne is the city name you were searching for; the Washington Monument took the title from Cologne.
A: It is said that rockets will be used above the skies of Beijing to prevent rain during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
A: New Zealand has been updated with 10m terrain; the mountains are especially breathtaking.For a more complete list of updates in this push, see the notes below.New high resolution:US: State of Vermont, State of Nevada, State of Colorado, Chenango County (NY),
Oswego County (NY), Lancaster (PA), Montgomery County (MD),
Prince George's County (MD), Charleston (WV), Frankfort (KY), Leon County (FL),
Volusia County (FL), Orlando (FL), Melbourne (FL), Ridgeland (MS), Tucson (AZ),
Phoenix (AZ), Pierce County (WA), Walworth County (WI), Waukesha County (WI),
Milwaukee (WI), Washington County (WI), Ozaukee County (WI), Puerto Rico &
US virgin Islands.

South America: Maracaibo, Venezuela

France: French Riviera, Arles, Biaritz, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Angers, Amiens,
Bourges, Clermont Ferrand, Loire River

Italy: 2.5m imagery for the entire country.

Germany: Aachen, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Stralsund, Duisburg, Halle,
Hannover, Herten, Itzehoe, Karlsruhe, Cologne , Norderstedt, Pinneberg,
Quickborn, Recklinghausen, Rellingen, Schenefeld, Tornesch, Wentorf

Updated Imagery:
Americas: Regina, Canada; Saskatoon, Canada; Winnipeg, Canada;
Ottawa, Canada; Quebec, Canada; Chemung County (NY, US);
Cortland County (NY, US); Broward County (FL, US); Fairbanks (AK, US);
Boise (ID, US); Colorado Springs (CO, US); Aquas Calientes, Mexico;
Brasilia, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; San Salvador, El Salvador;
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Europe: Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid, Spain; Naples, Italy; Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece;
Moscow, Russia; St Petersburg, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Saratov, Russia; Prague,
Czech Republic

Middle East/Africa: Timbuktu, Mali; Cape Town, South Africa; Tunis, Tunisia; Tbilisi,
Georgia; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Alger, Algeria; Lusaka, Zambia; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Sana, Yemen;
Tashkent, Uzbekistan;

Asia: Beijing, China; Shanghai, China; Mumbai, India; Pyungyang, North Korea

Oceania: Melbourne, Australia;

Updated Terrain:
Eastern US 10m, West Virginia 3m, Alaska 60m, New Zealand 10m