Google updated a "significant amount" of its Google Earth satellite images today with new high-resolution images. Most of the images are concentrated in the U.S., Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Australia and New Zealand, Google says.
This could means the Google Earth image of your house that was previously blurry or outdated may be sharp enough to make out you barbecuing in the backyard.
Google however isn't making it easy for those interested in flying over new satellite imagery. Instead Google is only hinting where the updates are. If you find any of new imagery let me know.
Here are Google"s hints:
1) I don't mean to "flatter," but this remote Northwestern cape is very beautiful.
Answer: Cape Flattery (Google Earth coordinates: 48.343200, -124.609000)
2) You can now explore the ruins of this ancient Mayan city, first discovered in 1934.
3) This small Peruvian village attracts many tourists each year for the Incan ruins atop nearby hills.
4) This city claims to be the southernmost city in the world, with approximately 64,000 residents.
5) Home of the Russian Pacific Fleet, this city is also Russia's largest Pacific coast harbor.
6) Named after Saint Irene, though sometimes referred to as Thera, this island is a popular Greek tourist destination.
7) The Trojan horse from the 2004 movie Troy is visible in this city.
8) This city is the second most populated metropolitan area in Africa, second to Cairo.
9) For better or for worse, the testing done at this site changed the world forever. In 1965 it was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
10) Odessos was the original name of this large city, then a trading colony.
11) This was the first port on the Shandong peninsula to be opened to the west in the 1800s.
Google says the images will be available through Google Maps shortly.
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