Kat...they are, naturally, usually doing the more urban areas first. It's a big world!


(Clinton...perhaps some photos are being done with aircraft, but there are many, many places in the world where aircraft overflights are not welcome. I'm sure that many govts. and Google have agreements that certain areas will not be shown in hi-res. I KNOW a couple people in the US who love too near a military base for their house to be shown close-up.)


If you go to Keyhole, there is an active community of folks posting interesting links from all over the world. It has become sort of a game to find precise links to stuff like celebrities homes and weird formations in deserts.

also http://www.googleearthhacks.com/ does something similar...news ABOUT GoogleEarth and ways to use it...