Google Adds Satellite Imagery for the World 551
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?"
Re:First Dupe Post! (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:First Dupe Post! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Different resolutions/scans (Score:3, Insightful)
Slashdot has stock in Google (Score:1, Insightful)
Show me the way to the vomitoreum...
Re:Different resolutions/scans (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Google actually created this content? (Score:3, Insightful)
However, not all of Google maps satellite is DG, some of it is NASA. They're usually pretty good about not labelling this as copyright Google, but they do get it wrong some of the time.
So no, google don't have spy satellites (yet..) but they do hold the copyright legitimately for most of the areas they claim to.
Re:First to find.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Interesting attitudes for a highschool teacher. Do you also call your Japanese students, Japs, your Mexican students, Wetbacks, your Asian students Chinks, and your gay students Fags?
If you'll kindly give me your actual name and the name and address of your school I will be happy to notify your employer of your behavior. I'm sure that they will be quite willing to take measures correcting this deficiency in your character. I understand that such steps towards self-improvement are often very difficult if not impossible to correct on one's own or at one's own initiative.
Best Wishes,
Madcapjack
See that hotdog stand? (Score:4, Insightful)