Google Earth and Maps updated with higher quality satellite imagery

Google has updated both Google Earth and Google Maps with higher-quality satellite imagery using images mostly taken by NASA and the USGS's Landsat 8. According to the company, the refreshed imagery provides truer colors and greater detail in comparison to the previous content captured by Landsat 7, helping provide what Google calls its 'freshest global mosaic to date.' The company pored over more than 700 trillion pixels' worth of Landsat images to choose the clearest photos. Before this ...