Google Earth can see clearer now.

Google Earth has updated the satellite images Bombay and Delhi and Bangalore. So I logged on and took a look. Delhi is still the red dusty city, but its fun seeing the India Gate and the Parliament House areas. The Bahai Lotus Temple looks awesome, and the Qutab Minar etc. Bangalore I know nothing about.. Bombay - They have the higher resolutions of areas only south of Haji Ali so far.. But its great seeing those and many more...

- An article in the TOI talks about the google maps satellite images showing the strategic military/airforce/naval bases. And man, it is in such detail. Specially at Navy Nagar in Bombay. I counted 5 submarines, a couple of aircraft carriers and so on.. incredible detail! Hehe, talk about "Spy-ware" :D. Well, I guess Google is soon gonna get a notice of some sort from the respective governments to blur out the details on those areas. Just on a hunch, I flew over to Karachi to see if there were any defense installations visible in Pakistan and YES, there were!! :D

- The high resolution images of Bombay show, very cleary, the snarl of the jhoppar-patis (slums) near some of the poshest areas in the city. Its quite a sad image actually, the juxtapose of the jhopparpattis, a mere stones throw away from The Taj Hotel or from Colaba.

- Now I know why the Bombay taxis all have yellow roofs!! So that they can be clearly visible from satellite images. They actually look really cool, look around the VT area (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus). (see picture)

- Chowpatty looks really clean!

- Marine Drive looks awesome.

- 1st time ever getting a look into the Malabar Hill Parsi's Tower of Silence.


Here's a snapshot of VT. Notice the taxis as little yellow dots... Click on the pic for a larger image. I didn't want to upload a pic of the navy docks! Hehe.. paranoia.