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Seuss Landing
28.472889°,-81.470000° - Nearmap
Seuss Landing is one of eight “islands” inside Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida. It is based on the works of author Dr. Seuss and features attractions such as “The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride” and a “Green Eggs and Ham Cafe.” True to Seussian style, the theme park claims that no straight lines exist in its design — even palm trees left bent by Hurricane Andrew were re-planted at the park to advance this theme.
Shuangyu Island
24.374639°,118.063139° - Maxar Technologies
Shuangyu Island, also known as Double Fish Island, is a man-made island under construction in Xiamen Bay, Southeast China. Its design, which depicts a pair of dolphins circling each other, calls for roughly 8.8 billion gallons (33.3 billion liters) of reclaimed land to create. The island is slightly more than one mile (1.68 km) in diameter with about 7 miles (11.4 km) of coastline. When finished, it will house a high-end ecological resort.
Svalbard Satellite Station
78.229772°,15.407786° - Maxar Technologies
Svalbard Satellite Station, also known as SvalSat, is a satellite ground station near Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. Its position on the 78th parallel north makes it advantageous for communication with satellites in low polar orbits. SvalSat has 31 multi-mission and customer-dedicated antennas, serving clients like NASA, the European Space Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and others.
Tiki Island
29.298889°,-94.914444° - Maxar Technologies
Tiki Island is a village in Galveston County, Texas, with a population of roughly 970 people. It is largely man made and was built in the 1960s, when developers dug canals and used the fill to elevate the land to between 4 and 10 feet about sea level. Street names on Tiki Island all follow a Polynesian theme, such as: Wahini Street, Lotus Drive, Coral Way and Coconut Street.
Oceandale Flower Nursery
33.261361°,-117.273111° - Nearmap
A variety of flowers, grasses and other ornamental plants grow on a nursery in Oceanside, California, about 44 miles (70 km) north of San Diego. Plants grown at this facility are sold to landscape contractors, developers, municipalities and other buyers throughout the state.
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
39.858056°,-113.366944° - Nearmap
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge is a wetland oasis in the Great Basin Desert of western Utah, USA. Covering nearly 18,000 acres (7,284 hectares), it is home to a variety of fish, migratory birds, deer, coyotes, pronghorn, cougars and other native species. Fish at the refuge are left over from the ancient Lake Bonneville, which receded 14,000 years ago.
Port Grimaud
43.272222°,6.580278° - Maxar Technologies
Port Grimaud is a seaside town located on the French Riviera by the Gulf of Saint Tropez. The development consists of French “Fisherman” style houses built upon channels in a Venetian manner.
Notre Dame Cathedral
48.858951°,2.277020° - Geomni Map Pros
On Monday, April 15, humanity lost timeless pieces of Gothic architecture when fire nearly destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. The landmark, which took nearly two centuries to build, lost much of its 800-year-old roof and saw its 19th century spire collapse during the 15-hour blaze. Fortunately, its central structure is still intact, and French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to restore Notre Dame within five years. This aerial photograph shows Notre Dame before the fire, and we hope to bring you post-fire imagery soon.
Winter Garden Driving Range
28.444139°,-81.633694° - Nearmap
A large circular driving range is seen here at the Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge in Winter Garden, Florida. Including putting greens and a short-game practice area, the facility covers 42 acres (17 hectares). It is visited by many golf professionals every year; in fact, Tiger Woods once used the driving range to film a commercial with Nike.
Springvale Botanical Cemetery
-37.946001°,145.175793° - Nearmap
Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is located in Springvale, a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, and has been in operation since 1901. Originally called The Necropolis Springvale, it was renamed in 2006 to reflect its large gardens, which boast hundreds of varieties of roses, bunya-bunya pine trees, an a Red River Gum tree believed to be about 400 years old.
Port of Antwerp
51.270000°,4.336667° - Maxar Technologies
The Port of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium, is the second-largest seaport in Europe. Its inland location on a tidal estuary of the Scheldt River gives it an advantage over other North Sea ports, allowing its docks to connect to rail, road, river and canal transit systems. In 2018, nearly 14,600 seagoing vessels called at the Port of Antwerp with a combined transshipment of 235.2 million tonnes.
Bayannur Wulanyiligeng Wind Farm
41.963889°,108.308333° - Maxar Technologies
The Bayannur Wulanyiligeng Wind Farm in Inner Mongolia, China, consists of at least 200 wind turbines and can generate nearly 850,000 megawatt hours (850 billion watt hours) of power per year at full operation. Power from the wind farm is sold to the North China Power Grid to substitute for power generated by thermal power plants, thus reducing carbon emissions. The wind farm has the capacity to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 760,000 tonnes annually.
Toronto
43.718155°,-79.518484° - Maxar Technologies
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, with upwards of 5.9 million people living in its metropolitan area. It is considered one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world; in fact, more than 50 percent of Toronto's residents belong to a visible minority group and more than 160 languages are spoken in the city. This Overview shows several of Toronto's neighborhoods, including pieces of East York, North York and Scarborough.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
35.351000°,-77.963000° - Nearmap
Planes sit under coverings on the tarmac of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The base was established in June 1942 and served as a training facility throughout World War II before it was deactivated in May 1946. Since reopening as a Tactical Air Command Base in 1956, it has been home to B-52 bombers, KC-10 and KC-135 tankers, and F-4 and F-16 fighters.
Kuta
-8.733333°,115.166667° - Maxar Technologies
Kuta (also known as Kuta Village or Kuta Town) is a village in southern Bali, Indonesia. Originally a small fishing community, it was one of the first places in Bali to see substantial tourism and has become internationally known as a beach resort town. Kuta sits just north of Ngurah Rai International Airport, which is shown at the center of this Overview jutting out into the Indian Ocean.
Cyclone Idai
-18.771924°,42.371307° - ESA
Over the past week, Cyclone Idai has wreaked havoc on countries in eastern Africa, causing strong winds and severe flooding in Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. This image, captured by the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, shows the cyclone on March 13 off the west coast of Madagascar. Hundreds of people have been killed in the disaster, and thousands more are stranded or missing.
Lake Mead
36.221287°,-114.747849° - Maxar Technologies
Lake Mead — located on the Colorado River 24 miles (38 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada — is the largest reservoir in the United States. The lake was formed with the creation of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. Due to a combination of drought and increased water demand in the surrounding states (specifically California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona) the lake’s water level has been lowering drastically in recent years. This decreasing water level exposes the white shoreline that is visible in this Overview.
Cars At Philadelphia Navy Yard
39.894037°,-75.179375° - Nearmap
Thousands of automobiles fill a large lot near the Philadelphia Navy Yard in southern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 2010, when Hyundai and Kia Motors moved their import businesses to the city, several large lots like this have popped up to accommodate an influx of new vehicles. At least 120,000 vehicles a year have arrived at the Port of Philadelphia since 2011, and more than 155,000 were delivered in 2015.
Nebraska Iowa Flooding (Juxtapose)
41.021611°,-95.849611° - Maxar Technologies
These jaw-dropping juxtaposes shows farmland at the Nebraska-Iowa border before and after catastrophic flooding occurred there last week. Floods across the Missouri River Basin were caused by heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt, and the total cost of damages in Nebraska has exceeded $1.3 billion. At least 2,000 homes and 340 businesses have been damaged or destroyed, and losses to infrastructure, farmland and livestock are monumental.
Cypress Village
33.691889°,-117.759139° - Nearmap
Uniform apartment buildings are seen here at Cypress Village, a township in Irvine, California. As a master-planned city, Irvine contains dozens of communities like this — each one having houses of a similar design, along with commercial centers, religious institutions, and schools. Irvine is one of the wealthiest cities in the western United States, with a median household income of $90,743 and a median home value of $784,500.
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