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14.3 TB of new imagery for Microsoft Virtual Earth. Save money on gas….use Live Search Maps powered by Virtual Earth.

Ortho

United States (UltraCam, Microsoft Proprietary)

• Elizabeth, NJ
• West Allis, WI
• Paterson, NJ
• Pasadena, TX

Austria

• Entire country!

Belgium

• Tournai, Belgium
• Aalst. Belgium
• Verviers, Belgium
• Sint Niklass, Belgium
• Hasselt, Belgium
• Genk, Belgium
• Mouscron, Belgium
• Mons, Belgium
• Oostende, Belgium
• Mechelen, Belgium
• Leuven, Belgium
• Kortrijk, Belgium
• La Louviere, Belgium

Denmark

• Aalborgk, Denmark
• Kolding, Denmark
• Arhus, Denmark
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Esbjerg, Denmark
• Fredericia, Denmark
• Silkeborg, Denmark
• Roskilde, Denmark
• Randers, Denmark
• Vejle, Denmark
• Odense, Denmark
• Horsens, Denmark
• Herning, Denmark
• Helsingor, Denmark

Finland

• Turku, Finland
• Vassa, Finland
• Tampere, Finland
• Pori, Finland
• Oulu, Finland
• Lappeenranta, Finland
• Lahti, Finland
• Kuopio, Finland
• Kotka, Finland
• Jyvaskyla, Finland
• Joensuu, Finland
• Helsinki, Finland
• Hameenlina, Finland

Germany

• Munich, Germany
• Hamburg, Germany
• Frankfurt, Germany
• Stuttgart, Germany
• Leipzig, Germany
• Potsdam, Germany
• Bremen, Germany

Ireland

• Wexford, Ireland
• Cork, Ireland
• Galway, Ireland
• Carlow, Ireland
• Limerick, Ireland
• Navan, Ireland

Norway

• Fredrikstad, Norway
• Honefoss, Norway
• Narvik, Norway
• Haugesund, Norway
• Skedsmo, Norway
• Trondheim, Norway
• Stavanger, Norway
• Skien, Norway
• Oslo, Norway
• Kristianstad, Norway
• Kristiansand, Norway
• Drammen, Norway

Portugal

• Aveiro, Portugal
• Braga, Portugal
• Coimbra, Portugal
• Almada, Portugal
• Faro, Portugal

Spain

• Albacete, Spain
• Alcoi, Spain
• Algeciras, Spain
• Bilbao, Spain
• Benidorm, Spain
• Alicante, Spain
• Badajoz, Spain
• Aviles, Spain
• Avila, Spain
• Caceres, Spain
• Burgos, Spain
• Aranjuez, Spain
• Cuidad Real, Spain
• Almeria, Spain
• Zamora, Spain
• Collado Villalba, Spain
• Castellon de la Plana, Spain
• Cuenca, Spain
• Cartegena, Spain
• Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
• Valladolid, Spain
• Elda, Spain
• El Escorial, Spain
• El Ejido, Spain
• Estepona, Spain
• Torrevieja, Spain
• Torrelavega, Spain
• Fuengirola, Spain
• Gandia, Spain
• Gijon, Spain
• Setubal, Spain
• Girona, Spain
• Granollers, Spain
• Granada, Spain
• Guadalajara, Spain
• Guimaraes, Spain
• Segovia, Spain
• Santander, Spain
• Salamanca, Spain
• Palencia, Spain
• Motril, Spain
• Molina de Segura, Spain
• Huelva, Spain
• Jaen, Spain
• Jerez, Spain
• Mataro, Spain
• Leira, Spain
• Leon, Spain
• Linares, Spain
• Lleida, Spain
• Lorca, Spain
• Ferrol, Spain
• Cadiz, Spain
• Arona (Canaries), Spain
• Arrecife (Canaries), Spain

Sweden

• Eskilstuna, Sweden
• Falun, Sweden
• Boras, Sweden
• Gavle, Sweden
• Goteborg, Sweden
• Vaxjo, Sweden
• Varberg, Sweden
• Uppsala, Sweden
• Umea, Sweden
• Sundsvall, Sweden
• Stockholm, Sweden
• Sodertolje, Sweden
• Skovde, Sweden
• Skellefteo, Sweden
• Ostersund, Sweden
• Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
• Orebro, Sweden
• Norrkoping, Sweden
• Malmo, Sweden
• Lulea, Sweden
• Linkoping, Sweden
• Kungsbacka, Sweden
• Karlskrona, Sweden
• Kalmar, Sweden
• Jonkoping, Sweden
• Helsingborg, Sweden
• Halmstad, Sweden
• Trollhatton, Sweden
• Karlstad, Sweden
• Vasteras, Sweden
• Uddevalla, Sweden

Switzerland

• Luzern, Switzerland
• Lausanne, Switzerland
• Winterthur, Switzerland

Satellite

International

• Midway Island, USA
• Oahu, Hawaii
• Belfast, N. Ireland
• Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Manaus, Brazil
• Porto Alegre, Brazil
• Racife, Brazil
• Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Irkalion, Greece
• Nicosia, Cyprus
• Esfahan, Iran
• Accra, Ghana
• Lagos, Nigeria
• Podgorica, Montenegro
• Samara, Russia
• Tblisi, Georgia
• Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Ljubjana, Slovenia
• Rabat, Morocco
• Tirana, Albania
• Vilnius, Lithuania

Oblique (Bird’s Eye)

North America

• Marin Co, CA
• Santa Cruz Co, CA
• South of Fresno, CA (Selma)
• Bay Co, FL
• Bossier Co, FL
• Dougherty Co, GA
• Coeur d’Alene, ID
• Champaign Co, IL
• Filler in De Soto, IL
• St John the Baptist Co, LA
• Rapides Co, LA
• St Tammany Co, LA
• Ouachita, LA
• York Co, ME
• Essex Co, MA
• Boone Co, MO
• Filler in North Springfield, MO
• Comanche Co, OK
• Chickasaw National Recreational Area, OK
• Stephens Co, OK
• New Hanover Co, NC
• Aiken Co, SC
• Berkeley Co, SC
• Horry Co, SC
• Anderson Co, SC
• Tom Green Co, TX
• Smith Co, TX
• Ellis Co, TX
• Palo Pinto, TX
• Salt Lake Co, UT
• Charlottesville Co, VA
• Fredericksburg Co, VA
• Metro Pasco, WA

Europe

• Berlin, Germany
• Wiesbaden, Germany
• Additional Ruhr Valley (Dortmund), Germany
• Vienna, Austria (fills out the Vienna AOI)
• Palma, Spain
• Malaga, Spain
• Aranjuez, Spain
• East of Vittoria, Spain
• Costa Del Sol, Spain
• El Escorial, Spain
• Soria, Spain
• Guipuzcoa, Spain
• Teruel, Spain
• Parque Natural Sierras Subbeticas, Spain
• Huesca, Spain
• Angus Co, UK.
• Calderdale, UK
• Uddevalla, Sweden
• Trollhattan, Sweden
• Skovde, Sweden
• Eskilstuna, Sweden
• Boras, Sweden

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The new 3G iPhone’s GPS is only one of several location-finding methods. From Apple’s page:

iPhone 3G uses signals from GPS satellites, Wi-Fi hot spots, and cellular towers to get the most accurate location fast. If GPS is available, iPhone displays a blue GPS indicator. But if you’re inside — without a clear line of sight to a GPS satellite — iPhone finds you via Wi-Fi. If you’re not in range of a Wi-Fi hot spot, iPhone finds you using cellular towers. And the size of a location circle tells you how accurately iPhone is able to calculate that location: The smaller the circle, the more accurate the location.

Location-finding came to iPods Touch and the original iPhone in January: old iPhones can use cell towers, and everything can use Wi Fi, so everything using this platform has at least one option. This is no doubt handy for iPhone application developers using the Core Location framework: they presumably can be agnostic about how location information comes to their app.

Richard notes some potential uses; the iPhone’s camera supports geotagging.

Mapping applications for the iPhone apparently include TomTom’s navigation software and Loopt, which uses the Virtual Earth engine.

A lot of commentary is suggesting that mainstream GPS manufacturers are shitting themselves in the face of competition from the iPhone — the implication being that a dashboard-mounted iPhone, which could run all sorts of navigation software, would render a Garmin nüvi or suchlike redundant. I’m skeptical of such punditry. My impression is that the GPS marketplace is a lot more specialized than people think — handheld units don’t compete with dashboard navigation systems or geotaggers — so the dashboard systems will likely still be driving people into the river for many years to come.

Previously: On the iPhone and Its Lack of GPS; An Apple/Mac Roundup.

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A couple of weeks ago I was commenting to our imagery team that the area around Mt Rushmore would be a great addition to our Birds Eye library; its one of the most recognizable landmarks in the US, but because of its remote location i guessed that only a small percent of folks had visited in person to see it and explore the area. now just a couple of weeks later I see it pop up in Birds Eye. I didn’t realize i had that kind of influence with the imagery team

The West view is pretty amazing. South is OK too, for seeing some of the behind the scenes goop on the mountain.

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For a recent project I was working on, I needed to overlay lines of latitude and longitude on the map. I had a hard time finding some so I created 10 degree and 30 degree grids. Below you can view each of them as a Collection which you can export to KML, GeoRSS or GPX and you can also grab the exported KML for each. I figured someone else must have use for this as well. If you grab the KML files you can easily edit the styles (1 for latitude, 1 for longitude) or make whatever tweaks you need.

10 Degree Lines: Collection or KML

30 Degree Lines: Collection or KML

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