User:Joshuapaquin/List of interesting Google Maps satellite images

In 2005, internet site Google Maps added to its service a collection of satellite imagery of North America, in June 2005 this was extended to cover the whole world, however the amount of high resolution images for other countries can be very little compared to North America. Since its release, many enthusiasts have located interesting images across the world.

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Australia

• Spider impact crater added (with a little photo-geographical interpretation).
• Uluru map

New South Wales

• Kingsford Smith International Airport in Sydney map

Canberra

• New Parliament House map

Canada

British Columbia

• Ferry terminal in Vancouver map
• Science World in Vancouver map
• BC Place Stadium in Vancouver map
• Cruise ships in Vancouver map

Alberta

• Calgary Tower in Calgary map
• Calgary Zoo in Calgary map

Manitoba

• CFB Winnipeg at the Winnipeg airport map

Northwest Territories

• Forest fire map

Nova Scotia

• CF submarines near Halifax map
• Citadel of Halifax map
• CFB Greenwood Canadian air force base map

Ontario

• Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan map
• Parliament building in Ottawa map
• CN Tower in Toronto map
• Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa map
• Niagara Falls at the USA border map
• Casino in Windsor map
• Ontario Assembly in Toronto map
• Correctional facilities in Milton map
• Pickering nuclear power plant map
• Wind tunnel in Ottawa map
• Toronto Pearson International Airport map
• Canadian War Museum map
  • (the highway was rerouted around the new museum site, as seen in the satellite image but not the overlayed map)

PE

• Confederation Bridge near Borden-Carleton map

Quebec

• Impact crater in Manicouagan map
• Olympic Stadium in Montreal map
• Six Flags La Ronde in Montreal map
• Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau map
• Biosphere 2 in Montreal map
• Citadel in Quebec City map

Denmark

• Legoland Billund map
• Most of the LEGO Bricks are made here map

Egypt

• Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt map

Finland

• The ruins of a 19th-century town near Bomarsund fortress, Sund, Finland map

France

• Eiffel Tower, Paris, France map
• Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France map
• Palace of Versailles map
• Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris map
• The Louvre museum in Paris map
• The Mont Blanc, higher mountain of Europe map

Germany

• Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag (top left), Berlin map
• New Berlin Main Station - Lehrter Bahnhof map

Greece

• The Acropolis featuring the Parthenon, in Athens, Greece. map

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong map
• Government House, Government Hill, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong map
• Two International Financial Centre, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong map
• Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong map
• Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong map

India

• TajMahal in Agra. map

• CharMinar in Hyderabad (Deccan), India. map

Iraq

• Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad. map

Italy

• The Colosseum in Rome Italy map
• Vatican City in Rome map
• Circus Maximus, in Rome map
• The Vesuvio volcano, near Naples map
• The historical center of Venice, you can see the Canal grande (main channel) map
• Ischia island (Naples) map
• Eolie islands (Alicudi, Filicudi, Lipari, Panarea, Salina, Stromboli, Strombolicchio, Vulcano); Stromboli (top right, blurred) and Vulcano (bottom) are active volcanoes map
• Etna, Sicily: greater volcano of europe map
• Some sort of firework - not sure what this is zoom in for a better look: map
• Tower of Pisa, Tuscany: the leaning tower map

Japan

• Kansai International Airport map
• Tokyo Tower map
• Kokyo imperial palace map

Macao

• Macau International Airport, Taipa, Macao map
• Macau Tower, Macao, Macao map
• Ruins of St Paul's, Macao, Macao map

Mexico

• Estadio Azteca , Mexico City map

Netherlands

• Afsluitdijk , Netherlands map

North Korea

• Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea map

South Africa

• Robben Island , South Africa map
• Lesotho map
• An Airforce base in Pretoria , South Africa map
• The Voortrekker Monument , South Africa map
• South African Government , South Africa map

Spain

• Bilbao Guggenheim Museum map
• Bull fighting arena in Madrid map
• Circuit in Barcelona map
• Alhambra fortress map

Sweden

• Öresund Bridge Tunnel map
• Globen Stadium in Stockholm map
• Lund citadel map
• Wind turbines near Lund map
• Stockholm Royal Palace map
• Cruise ship at the Port of Värtan map

Switzerland

• Syngenta advertising in a field map
• Road tunnel map

Tanzania

• Mount Kilimanjaro in Arusha map

Thailand

• Chalong Bay map
• Chiang Mai stadium map
• Ancient moat around Nakhon Ratchasima map
• Bangkok map
• Chiang Mai Airport map

Turkey

• Taksim Square in Istanbul map
• Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul map
• Atatürk Airport map
• Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul map

United Arab Emirates

• Zayed Sport City map
• Al Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi map
• A Mosque in Abu Dhabi map

United Kingdom

• Big Ben in London map
• Buckingham Palace, London map
• University of Cambridge Colleges along river Cam, Cambridge map
• University of Cambridge West Cambridge site under development:
  • aerial photo of the site from 1996 showing early development (not from Google)
  • aerial photo of the site from 2004 showing ongoing development (from Google)
• Donington Park Circuit in Derby map
• Site of the Eden Project under construction (not from Google) map
• HMS Belfast in London map
• London Eye in London map
• The Millennium Dome, London map
  • And another aerial photo taken shortly after the dome was completed map
• Tower Bridge and Tower of London in London map
• Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland map
• Carnoustie Golf Links golf course in Scotland map

United States

Non-Government

• Barringer Crater, near Winslow, Arizona map
• Central Park, New York City, New York map
• Fashion Island and Newport Center, Newport Beach, California map
• Fenway Park, in Boston, Massachusetts map
• Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina map
• Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California map
• Grand Canyon, Arizona map
• Ground Zero, New York City map
• Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, California map
• Hoover Dam, outside Boulder City, Nevada map
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana map
• Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada map
• Mauna Kea, Hawaii map
• Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch map
• Mount St. Helens in Washington state map
• Niagara Falls map
• Oil platform? off Louisiana map
• Space Needle, Seattle, Washington map
• Washington Monument, Washington, DC map
• Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, near Orlando, Florida map (note Mickey Mouse ears at entrance)
• Odd abandoned Airfield known as Luke Auxiliary Field No 4 near Surprise, Arizona map

US Government

• Airplane Graveyard and spaceflight test runway at Mojave Spaceport, Mojave, California map
• Area 51 at Groom Lake map
• Cheyenne Mountain map
• Craters at Nellis Bombing Range map
• Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in the Mojave Desert, CA map
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA map
• Naval Graveyard, Benicia, California map
• Space shuttle launch pads and landing runway at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida map
• The Pentagon in Crystal City, Virginia map
• The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC map
• Swastika shaped building at a San Diego Naval base map
• Air Force One, at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ[1]

Zambia

• Victoria Falls in Livingstone map

Iceland

• Vestmannaeyjar Archipelago [2]

External links

• aDayBlog.com -- Maps - A daily blog showing a map image with a small description of that map.
• Baudelet.net - A very large collection of locations : Paris, Egypt, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka and many other countries.
• Google Sightseeing - A blog with descriptions and notes about interesting places.
• Google Sightseeing UK - UK blog with descriptions and notes about interesting places (No longer maintained?).
• Google maps explorer - A large user-submitted directory of interesting Google maps locations.
• Perljam.net - A large collection of interesting locations.
• Google Globetrotting - User submitted collection of maps.
• Multimap Sightseeing - Similar collection for the UK, using Multimap.com's aerial photos.
• The World According To Google - Another blog with descriptions and notes about interesting places (European places mainly, Polish version available Świat według Google).
• As Good As Being There Another showcase site
• Satellite maps of the world Another archival site, Links for Google Maps, MSN Virtual Earth, +
• Blackbird Spotting maps the location of every existing Mach 3 Blackbird, with aerial photos from Google Maps
• World Heritage sites links
• Virtual Tourism Another directory of interesting locations on Google maps with accompanying videos of the same location.
• Google Maps of Indian Cities
• Google Maps World Gazetteer plots over 2000000 locations worldwide on Google Maps
• GoogolMaps - A new globe sightseeing page featuring Google Map thumbnails.
• [3] - A daily french Google Maps directory.