Topic: New Zealand

Magnitude 5 earthquake shakes Whanganui, New Zealand

New Zealand had a big earthquake a few minutes ago. exactly 20 km south-west of Whanganui, New Zealand a 5 magnitude earthquake shaken just off coast. There were no reports of injury thus far but a lot of people clearly felt the earthquake. There are no tsunami alerts as well as no reports of damage to property.

This is the first earthquake of that size in a while in New Zealand.

Google Earth updated beaches

Google just updated and released some high resolution images of beaches around the world. The high resolution aerial images are mainly in Florida but the High Resolution Satellite Images of the beaches are updated globally, some even in South Africa.

That means there is some exploring to do with the new imagery.

According to Google here is a list of updated beaches with new high quality Google Earth imagery.

High Resolution Aerial Updates:
USA: Chicago, Stockton, Modesto, Nez Perce (ID), Barre (VT), Orange County (NC), Polk County (FL), Hardee County (FL), Okeechobee County (FL)
Uruguay: Salinas, Atlantida

Countries receiving High Resolution Satellite Updates:
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Madagascar, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, The Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand

You can see all the updates on Google Earth in the update file released by Google

Massive Google Earth imagery update

Google Earth got a massive update on the 14th of June including some high resolution imagery. One of the places South Africans can be excited about is Soccer City in Johannesburg. If only the Northern Cape would be updated. Many Google Earth fans in the Northern Cape still see 5 year old pictures.

The new updates are great though, they include:

High Resolution Aerial Updates:
USA: Nashville, Memphis, Charlotte, Puget Sound Area, Los Angeles, Ft Myers, Roswell NM, Winona MN
The Netherlands: Hoorn, Wijdemermen, Leidschendam, Wassenaar, Olst, Overbetuwe, Sint Hubert, The Hague, Lopik, Houten, Hilversum, Purmerend, Elburg, Enkhizen, Assen, Groningen
South Africa: Soccer City in Johannesburg
New Zealand: Kapiti Coast

Countries receiving High Resolution Satellite Updates:
Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iceland, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, The Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam

 

Winston Reid scores for New Zealand!!!! DRAW!!! New Zealand vs Slovakia 1 each

In the last minute of the game between New Zealand and Slovakia, New Zealand scored a historical goal by Winston Reid. One minute before the game ended and they would of lost New Zealand stunned the Slovakians, the Slovakian coach sat with astonishment and disbelief as they ended in a draw. This was a tough game for New Zealand but they pulled through.

There must be a lot of celebration right now in New Zealand