google updates erie satellite images

i went to google maps the other day to lookup some directions within erie and ended up clicking on the satellite view.  erie's images were lacking, and you got something like this:


the image is pretty crappy and blurry, but it's now been updated to this:


so not only are the images clearer, you can also zoom in just as far as you can in larger cities.  here are some examples:




of course, these images are from a few years ago (my company's new building was only half done at the time, thus making it sometime around early 2005), but it's still a huge improvement from seeing this:

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