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3.8 Terabytes worth of Windows Live Maps/Virtual Earth Imagery

A major imagery release just went online at Live Maps and the Virtual Earth platform – 3.8 terabytes worth of imagery to be exact. The 3.8TB update features dozens more cities of Birds eye coverage as well as some high resolution ortho imagery from the Ultracam and GlobeXplorer. And lots of European Birds eye coverage, including some countries that had not been previously covered at all. Here’s a list of all of the new coverage by region:

New cities with Birds Eye Coverage around the world:

United Kingdom
Bedford, Chesterfield, Hull, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Morecambe, Carlisle, Tamworth, Aylesbury, Exeter, Kettinger, Newport, Pontypool, Stafford, Rugby, Taunton, Torbay

Germany
Bremerhaven, Celle, Delmenhorst, Esslingen, Ibbenbuerren, Oldenburg, Osnabrueck, Rheine, Wilhelmshaven, Aachen, Bremen, Flensburg, Fulda, Hamln, Herford, Minden, Muenster, Wetzlar, Ahlen, Arnsberg, Emden, Lippstadt, Wesel, Kassel, Neustadt

Italy
Naples, BOLZANO, CAGLIARI, Trieste, MESSINA

United States
Chicago, Ventura County California, Broomfield Colorodo, Pinellas Florida, Charleston South Carolina

Spain
Pamplona, Seville

Switzerland
Bern, Geneva

The Netherlands
The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht

Norway
Oslo, Trondheim

Belgium
Antwerp

France
GRENOBLE, LIMOGES, TOURS

New Ultracam Hi resolution Ortho Imagery
Austin, Cheektowaga, Calgary, Glendale, Toronto, Manhattan, Hamilton, Portland, Buffalo, Ottawa

GlobeXplorer Orthos
Ventura, St. Louis, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Bernardino County, Riverside County

1 thought on “3.8 Terabytes worth of Windows Live Maps/Virtual Earth Imagery

Niko April 3, 2007 at 12:29 am

If you think this is cool check out http://www.Birdseyetourist.com They’ve categorized a ton of cool locations showing Bird’s Eye coverage.

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