Google Earth Dublin updates

Chris_533976

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Large imagery/terrain update - June 2nd, 2007

New high resolution:
Canada: Whistler, BC; Waterloo & Toronto, Ontario; Nanaimo, BC; and Fort Saskatchewan, AB
England: Base 50cm coverage of nearly entire country,
Germany: Cities/Regions of Greifswald, Trier, Köln, Stuttgart, Bonn, Oldenburg, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Hamburg, Hannover, and Ritterhude
Austria: Villach region
France: Cities of Caen, Dijon, Metz, St Etienne, Toulouse and Rouen
Spain: Catalonia and Valencia
Andorra
US: Imperial County (CA); Yellowstone National Park (WY); Galveston/Houston (TX); Peterborough (NH); Cheyenne (WY); Burke, Wake, and Cabarrus Counties (NC); Racine and Kenosha Counties (WI); Washington, DC; St Paul (MN); and the State of Alabama
Japan: City/Regions of Kochi, Asahikawa, Koriyama, Miyazaki, Nagano, Utsunomiya, Akita, and Toyama

Large Digital Globe (60cm) update includes areas in Sudan, expanded Africa, Australia, Mexico coverage and smaller areas of coverage in Asia, Polynesia, South America, Canada, Europe, Middle East plus some interesting islands in Antarctica and Greenland.

Updated Imagery:
Americas: Bogotá, Columbia; Mission Viejo (CA, US); Hillsborough County (FL, US)
EU: Dublin, Ireland
Middle East/Africa: Beirut, Lebanon and Tripoli, Libya
Asia: Hong Kong and Manila, Philippines

Updated Terrain:
Western US 10m, Canary Islands 10m

Pics look clearer - but dont show any M50 upgrade works. So they're not terribly recent.

Edit: Although by the looks of it, the M1 has been declassified to an unnamed road

Wishbone Ash

Chris_533976 wrote:

Pics look clearer - but dont show any M50 upgrade works. So they're not terribly recent

I'd say they are at least 2 years old. I did a scan of Dublin Airport and there have been a few infrastructural changes but none showing on Google Earth.

In my locality, currently inhabitiated houses are showing up as fields.

(Mrs Wishbone Ash must have been at home - I see her car parked outside the house.)

Victor

They have added a photography section between the M50 and the Outer Ring Road.

Wishbone Ash wrote:

(Mrs Wishbone Ash must have been at home - I see her car parked outside the house.)

I was once asked by a very worried sounding guy if they were live as there was a strange car in his driveway.

Capt'n Midnight

maybe I'll be on the map next time, close but no cookie

Ice_Box

Is there a match on in Croke Park?

Guy:Incognito

Wishbone Ash wrote:

(Mrs Wishbone Ash must have been at home - I see her car parked outside the house.)

Is the postmans bike propped against the wall too?

Wishbone Ash

Ice_Box wrote:

Is there a match on in Croke Park?

The stands/terraces are empty but there appears to be activity on the pitch (possibly birds?).

I'd say that the images were taken on a week-day, probably on a Monday or a Friday at around mid-day.

Is there any way of establishing the exact date?

Stekelly wrote:

Is the postmans bike propped against the wall too?

:eek:

Aquavid

OK, judging from Donnybrook Bus Garage:

Pictures taken on a weekday (to few buses in the depot for a weekend) and probably between 10.30 and around 3.30 (as most of the split-shift layover buses which work peak are parked neatly at "the plantation" ).

Taken before September of 2006, possibly as early as Oct 05, but not earlier, judging by the number of buses in the new "Fleet Standard" yellow livery, compared to those in other liveries.

I don't notice any of the longer tri-axle double-decks delivered in Dec 05, so this would put it in late 2005. But I can't be sure on that, as I can only judge length relative to other buses, if if they were *all* on the road (unlikely) I could have missed them.

See, us bus geeks can be useful sometimes!

Aquavid

spurious

I find that quite impressive aquavid - now I wonder should I be worried.

The building of the apartment complex on the North Strand cinema site is not very advanced, which would put the picture quite a while ago.

Wishbone Ash

Aquavid wrote:

OK, judging from Donnybrook Bus Garage:

Pictures taken on a weekday (to few buses in the depot for a weekend) and probably between 10.30 and around 3.30 (as most of the split-shift layover buses which work peak are parked neatly at "the plantation" ).

Taken before September of 2006, possibly as early as Oct 05, but not earlier, judging by the number of buses in the new "Fleet Standard" yellow livery, compared to those in other liveries.

I don't notice any of the longer tri-axle double-decks delivered in Dec 05, so this would put it in late 2005. But I can't be sure on that, as I can only judge length relative to other buses, if if they were *all* on the road (unlikely) I could have missed them.

See, us bus geeks can be useful sometimes!

Aquavid

I'd say the time is about 12 midday to 1 pm going by the shadows at my house.

It's either a Monday (or a Tuesday following a Bank Holiday Monday) and it's not during the summer.

The giveaway clues are the long term car parks in Dublin Airport.

The Blue is closed indicating that it's not the summer.

The green is slightly full. Now, outside of the peak summer time, the Green only opens at busy weekends/bank holiday weekends or school mid-term breaks. The dispersion of the cars indicates that it is emptying indicating that it is a Monday. (If it was filling up, the cars would be closer together).

The Red Long Term gives clues that it must have been an excessively busy weekend. Cars can be seen parkes sporadically along the grass verges near the entrance and along the road up to Y and Z. This is only allowed when the DAA are under pressure for space. The way the cars are sporadically parked again indicates a Monday/Tuesday as they would have been parked sequentially at the time of entry.

I must get a life!

Victor

Note that for dublin theres at least 5-6 sets of photos, so whats correct for one area, isn't correct for another.

Fool 5000

:eek: Lads i think it is the same image but a little clear and it shows more of west dublin .Correct me if im wrong but nothing seems to be different since the older pic like the Dublin Port Tunnel.

crushproof

The Dun Laoghaire area has been updated since the beginning of the year. The Deerhunter Pub at Glenageary Roundabout has been demolished. Also, a number of apartment schemes appear to be completed/near completed!

crosstownk

The pic of my house is different - there is no car in the driveway. The current picture is clearer, but a tree that I removed from the garden in May last year is displayed on the image and the time of day would appear to be around midday judging by the shadows.

Wishbone Ash

Just as a matter of interest, are people automatically removed from the images? There doesn't seem to be many around!

Fool 5000

From above people look very small .Like its only your head and shoulders can be seen from above

Wishbone Ash

Fool 5000 wrote:

From above people look very small .Like its only your head and shoulders can be seen from above

Yes, just noticed that there are loads around Nelson's Column in London. Very few in Dublin though.

Victor

It depends on the source of the image.

With Satellite photos, most imagery is to a 1m resolution, meaning you will see peoples shadows, but not the people themselves.

Aerial photogrpahy is much more likely to feature people as it is so much closer and you also need to know where to look for people - Nelson's Column or any shopping street will have lots. Others won't, in part because the people get lost in the blur between the footpath and buildings.

Thelikefaneire

Google earth hasnt upgraded most of dublin in a very long time. Docklands station isnt even under construction in the pictures. ITs been operating for nearly 6 months! Also Drogheda and most of the rest of the Country arent even visable at all.

Victor

Thelikefaneire wrote:

Also Drogheda and most of the rest of the Country arent even visable at all.

Note, that while some intermediate layers are quite poor, some up close layers are quite detailed, much more than what the upper layers would suggest.

Fool 5000

Funny you should say that because navan across to drogheda that just been updated!

dmeehan

Victor wrote:

Note, that while some intermediate layers are quite poor, some up close layers are quite detailed, much more than what the upper layers would suggest.

thats a handy tip, thanks

gamblor101

The update around Drogheda is still over a year old. The newest hotel in Bettystown looks like a building site and it opened June last year.

Fool 5000

The update around Drogheda is still over a year old. The newest hotel in Bettystown looks like a building site and it opened June last year

It was taken on the 12/11/2005