Google Maps 越来越清晰了

Google在这两个月内大量更新了Google Earth 和Google Maps的数据,使得许多城市的地图更加清晰了.其中包括美国的几个州以及其它国家的一些主要城市.一些主要的地区如下所示:

US States
1.California - entire state is high res, several areas updated with new    higher resolution. Rural areas probably came from National Agricultrual Imagery Program (NAIP).
2.Texas - several new rural areas (like western I-10 highway), parts of east Texas, Houston, TX updated
3.North Carolina - Wilmington, Charlotte
4.Connecticut - the entire state in high res now
5.Florida - areas north of Orlando and along coast near Daytona up to St. Augustine
6.New York - Hudson Valley area, western areas - multiple reports
7.New Hamshire - Big areas in southeast
8.Maine - Large new areas along the coastline, and west central
9.Georgia - looks like the entire state has some form of high res now
10.Montana - the entire state in high res now
11.New Mexico - updates around Las Cruces
12.Illinois - unconfirmed report for Bloomington and Normal
13.Unconfirmed reports for Memphis, TN; Minneapolis, MN; and Aspen, CO - thanks to comments at Digg
14.Washington State - County of Clark in SW WA updated - thanks to GEB reader Jesse
15.Oregon - Part of update above includes Portland, OR also

Other countries
1.The Netherlands - the rest of the country in high res
2.Belgium - big areas have been added for Antwerp, and new data for Brussels
3.Japan - Takamatsu added, Also Also Nara, Chofu, Machida
4.Norway - Area in and around Bergen added
5.New Zeland - Auckland and Wellington with new data, other areas being reported
6.Germany - Munich, Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Gelsenkirchen, 7.Erlangen/Fuerth, Ludwigshafen, Schwerte...
8.Puerto Rico - area around San Juan
9.Austria - area in southern mountains
10.Arkansas - unconfirmed NW corner

看看艾菲尔铁塔吧.

看到以上许多城市都得到了不同程度的更新,但在Google Maps上看看"神密"的中国,还是没有什么改变.看到艾菲尔铁塔那样的清晰程度，如果再更新的话就有点恐怖了．也许Google能牺牲一下这么高的清晰度，而提高一下我们中国地区的清晰，我们会更高兴一点.