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It appears that we have some fresh imagery in Google Earth today! Thanks to GEB reader 'Munden' for letting us know about it.

As is almost always the case, you can use Google Maps to determine for sure whether or not a specific area is fresh. This new imagery isn't in Google Maps yet, so you can compare Earth vs. Maps to see what's new; the fresh imagery is already in Google Earth, but the old imagery is still in Google Maps. If you compare the two side-by-side and they're not identical, that means that you've found a freshly updated area in Google Earth!

Some of the updated areas include:

• China: Huludao, Maolin, Qingdao, Kunming
• Germany: Vaihingen, Olpenitzdorf
• India: Baga, Kusunda
• Japan: Kanazawa, Sagamihara, Fujisawa, Kamakura, Tachikawa, Akiruno, Toba, Fujinomiya
• United Kingdom: Glasgow, Taransay
• United States: Hawaii (Lanai, Molokai, Oahu), New Mexico (VLA), Nevada/Arizona (eastern Lake Mead area), Texas (Beaumont)
• Ukraine: Mykolaiv

If you find any other updated areas, please leave a comment and let us know!

It appears that we have some fresh imagery in Google Earth today! Thanks to GEB reader ‘Munden’ for letting us know about it.

As is almost always the case, you can use Google Maps to determine for sure whether or not a specific area is fresh. This new imagery isn’t in Google Maps yet, so you can compare Earth vs. Maps to see what’s new; the fresh imagery is already in Google Earth, but the old imagery is still in Google Maps. If you compare the two side-by-side and they’re not identical, that means that you’ve found a freshly updated area in Google Earth!
Some of the updated areas include:

• China: Huludao, Maolin, Qingdao, Kunming
• Germany: Vaihingen, Olpenitzdorf
• India: Baga, Kusunda
• Japan: Kanazawa, Sagamihara, Fujisawa, Kamakura, Tachikawa, Akiruno, Toba, Fujinomiya
• United Kingdom: Glasgow, Taransay
• United States: Hawaii (Lanai, Molokai, Oahu), New Mexico (VLA), Nevada/Arizona (eastern Lake Mead area), Texas (Beaumont)
• Ukraine: Mykolaiv

If you find any other updated areas, please leave a comment and let us know!

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One of the great things about Google Earth is the unique vantage point that we gain from it, as viewing objects from above often shows them in a whole new light.

Among other great items to view from above are corn mazes. They can be fun to trek through in real life, but viewing them from above can be quite neat as well.

While corn mazes only exist for a brief time each year, you can find hundreds of them in Google Earth thanks to the amazing historical imagery feature. Because any particular area can have a handful of views from different dates, the odds of finding a time where a corn maze was present increases dramatically.

To find mazes for yourself, a good place to start is in this old thread in the GEC (and this related KML file).

Many of the mazes are now gone, though you can track them down using the historical imagery slider in each location. You can also find mazes in this old post that Frank wrote or by searching for "corn maze" on Google Earth Hacks.

One of my favorites is this corn maze found in Ditzingen, Germany. Grab the KML file to see it for yourself.

What I'd love to see next is a full corn maze in Street View! Given the variety of Street View devices, such as the trike and the trekker, it seems like something that Google might do at some point.

The closest I've seen in the past is this 3D maze in London. It's easy to cheat (no collision detection), but it's a neat use of the "ground level view" in Google Earth.

What is your favorite corn maze in Google Earth?