Thanks to reader Ben for exploring global cities in Google Maps and sending a list of high-resolution
metropoli:
Rome
Paris
Amsterdam
Tokyo —> Including Maps!!
Berlin
Moscow
Helsinki
Beijing
Madrid
Cape Town, South Africa
Athens
Sydney
Baghdad
Mexico City
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cairo (Pyramids!)
The Maps and Hybrid views don't work in most cities. I couldn't get "cairo, egypt" to work as a search term, and had
to know where the city was to find it manually—likewise with the Giza pyramids.
Here is a link to a good shot of the Pyramids in Google maps; you can zoom in one more level. By the way, the
resolution of the Pyramids in Google Earth is quite good; you can zoom down below 1,000 feet (if you've got a good
graphics card and monitor) to get a good sense of the eroded stone.
International Cities in Google Maps
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. Las Vegas is also hires.
Here's a link to the pyramid:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.097357,-115.173154&spn=0.007206,0.008929&t=k&hl=en
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Carl
3. Interesting, I was going to write that Sydney wasn't in hi-res because it wasn't a few weeks back but now I check and it is: looks like Google is updating their imagery
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Duncan Riley
4. The tokyo maps have little mcdonalds and 7-11 icons...
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.435087,139.648150&spn=0.003122,0.006493&hl=en
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by new york nate
5. I wish Prague was completely hi-res. Only 1/4 is, and its not the best parts of the city.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Stephen Searer
6. You couldn't get "cario egypt" to work as a search term? Did you try "cairo egypt"?
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by brykMantra
1. Yeah, it's strange that obvious and large cities can't be found by searching in Google Earth. I was wondering if I was searching wrong.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Paulo