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L'Eixample, Valenica
39.464722°,-0.370000° - Maxar
The urban plan of the L’Eixample district in Valencia, Spain, is characterized by long straight streets, a strict grid pattern crossed by wide avenues, and apartments with communal courtyards. A similar layout was used for the district of the same name in Barcelona.
Brick Kilns
23.767575°,90.318299° - Maxar Technologies
Kilns for firing and making bricks are scattered across the landscape in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Almost all bricks in the country are made using a 150-year-old process where soil is mixed with water, formed into bricks using wooden molds, left to dry in the sun, and then burned in these orange, traditional kilns. As the widespread use of old kilns has hampered air quality in the country, local groups and the government have been working to increase the use of "clean" brick kilns with more sustainable technology.
Port of Shanghai
30.626393°,122.062528° - Maxar Technologies
The Port of Shanghai is the world’s busiest container port, handling more than 35 million TEUs (approximately 776 million tons) of cargo every year. That weight is roughly equal to 1.7 times the mass of all humans living on the planet.
Maggie Daley Park
41.882500°,-87.618889° - Maxar Technologies
This Overview shows Maggie Daley Park in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The park’s Buckingham Fountain stands out in this Overview with its ornate design and serve as a gathering point for thousands of visitors at the yearly Lollapalooza festival.
Naarden
52.300000°,5.166667° - Maxar Technologies
Naarden is a star fort in the Netherlands. The city was constructed in the manner seen here so that an attack on any individual wall could be defended from the two adjacent star points by shooting at the enemy from behind. Today Naarden is home to roughly 17,000 residents.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
47.448889°,-122.309444° - Maxar Technologies
I’ll be heading to Seattle, Washington, this morning for the State of the Map Conference! My flight to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will be one of the roughly 380,000 aircraft movements that take place at the facility each year and I will be one of roughly 42 millions passengers that travel through the airport annually. The facility also contains a 13,000-car parking garage, the largest structure of its kind in North America, which is visible at the top of this Overview.
Great Exuma Island
23.118750°,-75.050306° - NASA
Several cays extend off the western coast of Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas. Great Exuma is the largest of more than 365 islands in the Exuma district, with an area of 61 square miles (158 sq. km). The Tropic of Cancer, also known as the Northern Tropic, runs across a beach located on Great Exuma.
Bosphorus Bridge
41.045278°,29.034444° - Maxar Technologies
The Bosphorus Bridge is one of two suspension bridges that connects Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey. Last night, members of the Turkish military closed down the bridges during an attempt to seize control from the ruling government. News media are now reporting that government forces have reasserted their control over the country.
Stade de France
48.924444°,2.360000° - Maxar Technologies
In a less than an hour, France will square off against Portugal in the finals of Euro 2016 — the championship tournament of European football (soccer) that takes place every four years. The match will be played in Stade de France, the nation’s largest stadium that has a seating capacity of 81,338. Enjoy the game!
Lebrija 1 Solar Power Plant
37.007978°,-6.049281° - Maxar Technologies
The Lebrija 1 Solar Power Plant in Lebrija, Spain is comprised of approximately 170,000 individual mirrors installed on 6,048 parabolic troughs. If placed next to one another, the troughs would extend for 60 kilometers.
Jeongwang-dong
37.336147°,126.718587° - Maxar Technologies
Jeongwang-dong is an industrial sector in the city of Ansan, South Korea. The Korean government intensively drove a plan to develop the modern city, particularly in this area, with an emphasis on manufacturing. The striking blue color that you see here results from the use of aluminum roofing, which is used for its low cost and longevity.
Trujillo, Peru
-8.112000°,-79.028800° - Maxar Technologies
Trujillo is the second largest city in Peru with slightly less than 800,000 residents in its urban area. España Avenue - the circular road that is visible at the center of this Overview - contains the city’s monument area and also traces the historic outline of the defensive wall that was constructed around the city in 1786.
Istanbul at night
41.007964°,28.969139° - NASA
Istanbul is the largest metropolitan area in Turkey, with a population of more than 14 million people. This Overview was captured at night from the International Space Station.
Montauk Point Light
41.070961°,-71.856708° - Maxar Technologies
Montauk Point Light is a lighthouse located at the easternmost point of Long Island in the hamlet of Montauk, New York. With its construction authorized by George Washington in April 1792, the building was the first of its kind in New York and is the fourth oldest active lighthouse in the United States.
Caracas
10.500000°,-66.916667° - Maxar Technologies
Caracas is the capital and largest city in Venezuela, with more than three million residents. In recent months, plummeting oil prices combined with a significant drought has created a dire situation in cities across the nation. Four hour blackouts are now a regular occurrence and some regions go without power for days at a time. Most supermarkets have almost no food to sell, hospitals have no medicine, and crime is rampant and escalating. We hope this post continues to raise awareness for the crisis in Venezuela and that the situation on the ground improves in the very near future.
Copenhagen Kastellet
55.691417°,12.595528° - Maxar Technologies
Kastellet — or “The Citadel” in English — is a star fortress located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in October 1664 as part of a continuous ring of star forts surrounding the city, and it remains one of the best preserved ramparts of its kind in Northern Europe. Kastellet still houses some Danish military operations today, though it primarily serves as a public park and historic site.
French Frigate Shoals Airport
23.748888°,-166.154887° - Maxar Technologies
French Frigate Shoals Airport is a private airfield on Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Located roughly 560 miles northwest of Honolulu, the airport has a coral surface that is 3,000 feet long, 200 feet wide, and sits just six feet above sea level. It is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is only used for emergencies.
Avalon, New Jersey
39.088889°,-74.738583° - Nearmap
Cottages line the waterways of Avalon, a coastal community in Cape May County, New Jersey. Avalon is home to some of the most expensive real estate on the East Coast of the United States.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
40.764889°,-74.000472° - Nearmap
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American maritime and military history museum located on Pier 86 in New York City. Opened in 1982, the museum features the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier, the USS Growler submarine, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane, the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and many more aircraft.
Rio Tinto River
37.730778°,-6.600667° - Maxar Technologies
Since ancient times, the Rio Tinto Mines in Huelva Province, Spain, have been excavated for copper, silver, gold, and other minerals. They are named for the nearby Rio Tinto River, which — as a result of centuries of mining — is extremely acidic and has a distinct red-orange color. After being closed for more than a decade, the mines reopened in 2015 an remain operational today.
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