Random Developments

Google has quietly added high-resolution satellite images from several parts of the world outside of the USA to its Google Maps service. No street or road maps yet, but I’m sure they are working on it…

Melbourne, Australia	Porto Alegre, Brazil

As you can see, the resolution is not that high, and there is an interesting change in image quality right in the Melbourne CBD… still, very nice. The Melbourne images seem to be a few years old, as the Docklands area is basically empty (that’s the area around the stadium in the left center; the stadium is Telstra Dome); it is now filled with buildings and construction work.