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Google and GeoEye: Images from Christchurch
February 25, 2011
Google Earth Imagery: Christchurch
New satellite imagery available from our partners at GeoEye.
Imagery of Christchurch was taken on Thursday, February 24th from the GeoEye-1 satellite. Some parts are covered in clouds but substantial portions of the central business district are clearly visible. Remember to turn the layer on and off to compare it with our previous imagery, which is from March 2009.
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Church Before
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Collapsed Church and Surrounding
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Park and Buildings Before
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Park and Collapsed
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Links
Album of high-res still images of Christchurchhttps://picasaweb.google.com/118079222830783600944/Christchurch?authkey=Gv1sRgCLDdz8PWg5KzhwE&feat=directlink
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Central and Northern Christchurch: http://mw1.google.com/crisisresponse/2011/christchurch/earthquake/geoeye/christchruch_2011-02-23_scene2v2/christchruch_2011-02-23_scene2v2kml
Southern Christchurch: http://mw1.google.com/crisisresponse/2011/christchurch/earthquake/geoeye/christchruch_2011-02-23_scene1v2/christchruch_2011-02-23_scene1v2.kml
Central Tripoli: http://mw1.google.com/crisisresponse/2011/libya/other/geoeye/tripoli_2011-02-24_scene2/tripoli_2011-02-24_scene2.kml
Eastern Tripoli: http://mw1.google.com/crisisresponse/2011/libya/other/geoeye/tripoli_2011-02-24_scene1v3/tripoli_2011-02-24_scene1v3.kml
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