Huge update on Google Earth Netherlands Hi-res

Google Earth: Low Lands in Hi-res!

The Doors of Simulation?

Aerodata-surveys in Antwerp Belgium, released hi-resolution aerial photography of The Netherlands for Google Earth.

This is expected to boost the number of applications for the visualisation of location based simulation in and from the low lands.

Read more on the M3D Glider,at the Fresh geo-games.eu website, here.

Aerodata-surveys News release, here.

Resolutions range from 1 pixel for 40cm x 40 cm to higher. Roughly, this allows to see cars and dutch traffic in just-enough detail. One may recognise a car by color but just not the owner's model.

In other areas, the resolution is pushed to much higher detail.

Utrecht is at 1 pixel = 7 cm x 7 cm!

The Hague, 8 cm.

Assen and Houten are very high as well.

Some areas are restricted and show gargled pixels. The visual effect here, rather than making things virtually 'invisible'  is that 'hot' or restricted areas are very easy to find. Thanks to so-called visual 'blocking' policies.  For more details on sensitive locations, the malignent citizens among us and the military already gathered information for decennias. The argument of security is overrated and very well treated by Ogle Earth earlier this year.

Go and discover!

Also there was a new release of Google Earth this week, adding the TIME dimension to locations. More on this in a later blog as this is expected to become a little revolution in itself!  New functions list at Ogle Earth blog, here.

In June this year, a major upgrade from Google Earth included these new High resolution areas:

Russia, China, Africa, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean Islands, many islands in the Pacific, Puerto Rico, South America, New Zealand, Australia, etc...