Google Upgrades Giza Resolution
Google has upgraded the Giza area in Google Earth and Google Maps with higher resolution imagery allowing us to see the pyramids in more detail.
You can now pick out people on the plateau, the trial passages referred to by Petrie, and even individual toes of the Sphinx’s front paws.
I look forward to more of Egypt to be updated with higher resolution images so that the other pyramid fields can be viewed in more detail. Incidentally, Google has recently introduced a new method of notifying it’s users of areas that have been updated on a monthly basis. At least this was the case for the July update which was released as a KML file You’ll need to have Google Earth installed to be able to view the KML file.
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[...] And last but not least, Vincent from Talking Pyramids has good news for those of us who like to web-surf the Giza Plateau from outer space:Â Google Upgrades Giza Resolution. [...]