早前Bing地圖更新了大量的高解像度及鳥瞰圖片，令大家足不出戶看世界可以更加方便，另一邊廂Google也作出同樣舉動，為Google Maps及Google Earth更新了大量的衞星及高解像度圖片。
今次Google所更新的圖片包覆蓋了25個城市及72個地區，除了高解像度圖片外，也有衞星及45度角的鳥瞰圖片。其中不少圖片更是近期拍攝，如美國的布萊斯峽谷（Bryce Canyon）就在六月拍攝，倫敦的奧運村也是五月份，不再是數年前的過期圖像。今次新加入的45度角鳥瞰圖片包括了21個美國城市及國際城市，如英國、瑞士、慕尼黑、德國、芝加哥等，不過暫時未見到有香港。
新增45度角鳥瞰圖片的城市
美國： Anderson, CA; Beech Island – New Ellenton, GA; Cape Girardeau, MO; Carthage, MO; Chicago, IL; Clarksville (outskirts), TN; Columbus – Reynoldsburg, OH; Dayton, OH; Everett, WA; Galena, KS; Idaho Falls, ID; Joplin, MO; Lafayette (outskirts), LA; Lancaster, CA; Louisville, KY; Lowell, MA – Nashua, NH; Pittsburgh, PA; Pueblo (outskirts), CO; Redding, CA; Springfield, IL; Yuba City, CA.
其他地方：Birmingham, UK; Catania, Italy; Denia, Spain; parts of London, United Kingdom; Meyrin – Vernier, Switzerland; Munich, Germany; Neuchatel, Switzerland.
新增高解像度圖片的區域
美國：Antelope Wells NM; Bryce Canyon UT; Green Bay WI; Huron, SD; Hutchinson, KS; Olympia WA; Park Hills, MO; Peach Springs, AZ; Phoenix, AZ; Placerville, CA; Riverside, CA; Rosenfeld, TX; Waverly, OH.
其他地方：Wiener Neustadt, Austria; Alicante, Spain; Denia, Spain; Gandia, Spain; Las Rozas, Spain; Lugo, Spain; Santander, Spain; Sueca, Spain; Vitoria, Spain; Bern, Switzerland; Geneva, Switzerland; Nyon, Switzerland.
國家或地區新加入的高解像度衞星圖片
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Greenland, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Lesotho, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
來源：blogspot
