Google Earth locations showing interesting (but perhaps less well known) changes over time

The altitude in kilometers is given for the optimum viewing point. Cut & paste the co-ordinates (given as degrees, minutes, seconds) into Google Earth. Note that the earliest available image (use clock tool) is not necessarily the best view, due to lower resolution in earlier image views

Please email Dr Hillary Shaw (hillshaw@aol.com) if you know of any other interestingly-changed locations visible on Google Earth

1) Ireland,, Dublin, urban sprawl, alt 2.1 km, 53 22 40 N 6 19 34 W 2002

Thames estuary

2) UK, Sheppey, coastal subsidence, alt 1.7 km, 51 22 12 N 0 55 40 E 2003

3) UK Sheppey, coastal subsidence, alt 3.5 km, 51 23 41 N 0 47 28 E 2003

4) UK, Kent, coastal subsidence, alt 4.0 km, 51 24 27 N 0 40 10 E 2003

5) UK, Plumstead, urban sprawl, alt 3.8 km, 51 30 14 N 0 07 09 E 1945

6) UK, Olympics, topocide, alt 3.5 km, 51 32 19 N, 0 00 59 W, 1945

7) UK, Enfield, urban sprawl, alt 3.1 km, 51 38 56 N 0 03 21 W 1945

8) UK,Thurrock, deindustrialisation, alt 3.5 km, 51 30 47 N 0 29 07 E 1999

East Anglia

9) UK, East Anglia, coastal erosion, alt 0.6 km, 52 20 39 N 1 41 18 E 1945

10) UK, Littleport, urban sprawl, alt 1.9 km, 52 27 11 N 0 17 57 E 1999

11) UK, East Anglia, coastal erosion, alt 1.2 km, 52 49 23 N 1 32 19 E 1999

12) UK, East Anglia, coastal erosion, alt 0.4 km, 52 53 55 N 1 23 15 E 1999

South West

13) UK, Dawlish, urban sprawl, alt 2.7 km, 50 35 29 N 3 27 35 W 1945

14) UK, Exmouth, coastal accretion, alt 2.8 km, 50 36 28 N 3 25 48 W 1945

15) UK, Portishead, urban sprawl, alt 4.0 km, 51 29 19 N 2 45 18 W 1999

16) UK, Corsham (Wilts), urban sprawl, alt 2.0 km, 51 25 38 N 2 12 05 W 1945

South Midlands

17) UK, Rushden, urban sprawl, alt 5.9 km, 52 17 59 N 0 35 42 W, 1945

18) UK, Berkhampstead, urban sprawl, alt 4.0 km, 51 45 53 N 0 35 06 W 1945

19) UK, Aylesbiry, urban sprawl, alt 3.2 km, 51 49 11 52 N 0 49 24 09 W 1945

20) UK, Hatfield, urban renewal, alt 4.4 km, 51 46 11 N 0 14 59 W 2000

21) UK, Aylesbury, urban sprawl, alt 2.7 km, 51 47 59 N 0 43 00 W 1945

22) UK, Northampton, urban sprawl, alt 6.1 km, 52 12 53 N 0 52 28 W 1945

23) UK, Milton Keynes, urban sprawl, alt 5.3 km, 52 01 41 N 0 40 52 W 1945

24) UK, Milton Keynes, urban sprawl, alt 5.7 km, 52 03 17 N 0 48 57 W 1945

25) UK, Godmanchester, urban sprawl, alt 4.8 km, 52 19 14 N 0 09 55 W 1945

26) UK, Huntingdon, urban sprawl, alt 3.9 km, 52 19 15 N 0 13 37 W 1945

27) UK, Peterborough, urban sprawl, alt 5.7 km, 52 32 56 N 0 17 57 W 1945

28) UK, St Ives, quarrying, alt 7.8 km, 52 19 23 N 0 01 10 W 1945

29) UK, Raunds, quarrying, alt 3.2 km, 52 21 52 N 0 34 08 W 1945

30) UK, Desborough, urban sprawl, alt 1.8 km, 52 26 52 N 0 41 23 W 2004

31) UK, Kettering, urban sprawl, alt 5.7 km, 52 23 12 N 0 41 30 W 1945

32) UK, Daventry, urban sprawl, alt 3.7 km, 52 15 33 N 1 09 25 W 1945

West Midlands

33) UK, Birmingham, urban sprawl, alt 3.3 km, 52 23 32 N 1 52 58 W 1945

34) UK, Birmingham, urban sprawl, alt 5.1 km, 52 23 33 N 1 47 09 W 1945

35) UK, Birmingham, quarrying, alt 5.4 km, 52 35 02 N 1 42 38 W 1945

36) UK, Birmingham, urban sprawl, quarrying, alt 3.4 km, 52 37 15 N 1 56 04 W 1945

37) UK, Worcester, urban sprawl, alt 4.1 km, 52 11 19 N 2 15 41 W 1945

38) UK, Worcester, urban sprawl, alt 3.0 km, 52 13 05 N 2 13 06 W 1945

39) UK, Coventry, urban sprawl, alt 5.6km, 52 16 29 N 1 32 25 W 1945

40) UK, Coventry, deindustrialisation, alt 2.0 km, 52 24 43 N 1 36 02 W 1999

41) UK, Meriden, quarrying, alt 2.2 km, 52 26 19 N 1 39 41 W 1999

42) UK, Swadlincote, quarrying, alt 3.1 km, 52 45 12 N 1 32 39 W 1999

43) UK, Lichfield, urban sprawl, alt 1.4 km, 52 40 38 N 1 50 28 W 2003

44) UK, Telford, urban sprawl, alt 2.0 km, 52 42 03 N 2 28 32 W 1999

45) UK, Derbyshire, quarrying, alt 5.0 km, 52 44 33 N 1 42 16 W 2003

46) UK, Cannock, urban sprawl, alt 1.6km, 52 42 48 N 2 02 39 W 2003

47) UK, Clipstone, deindustrialisation, alt 1.0 km, 53 09 45 N 1 06 29 W 2000

East Midlands

48) UK, Nottingham, quarrying, alt 1.9 km, 53 00 58 N 0 58 23 W 2000

49) UK, Gainsborough, urban renewal, alt 0.8 km, 53 23 56 N 0 46 19 W 2003

50) UK, Lincolnshire, urban sprawl, alt 1.5 km, 53 17 13 N 0 32 53 W 2003

Yorks and Humber

51) UK S Yorks, urban sprawl, alt 1.7 km, 53 32 24 N 1 02 06 W 2002

52) UK Scunthorpe, urban sprawl, alt 1.5 km, 53 33 40 N 0 37 06 W 2003

53) UK, Scunthorpe, urban sprawl, alt 2.0 km, 53 36 13 N 0 38 52 W 2003

54) UK, Grimethorpe, quarrying, alt 4.0 km, 53 34 13 N 1 22 53 W 2003

55) UK, Ulrome, H’ness, coastal erosion, alt 0.6 km, 53 59 17 N 0 12 16 W 2003

56) UK, W Yorks, urban sprawl alt 1.8 km, 53 39 23 N 1 31 16 W 1999

57) UK, Wakefield, urban sprawl, alt 1.2 km, 53 41 47 N 1 29 55 W, 2002

58) UK, Castleford, quarrying, alt 3.3 km, 53 44 58 N 1 24 22 W 2002

59) UK, W Yorks, urban sprawl, alt 2.2 km, 53 42 15 N 1 22 54 W 2002

60) UK, Hull, urban renewal, alt 0.7 km, 53 44 43 N 0 20 52.66 W 2003

61) UK, Leeds, urban sprawl, alt 2.0 km, 53 44 43 N 1 31 51 W, 2002

62) UK, Holderness, coastal erosion, alt 570m, 53 41 37 N 0 04 42 E 2003

North West

63) UK, Manchester, urban renewal, alt 2.2 km, 53 29 05 N 2 12 04 W 2000

64) UK, Manchester, urban sprawl, alt 2.4 km, 53 30 37 N 2 18 05 W 2000

65) UK, Manchester, quarrying, alt 1.0 km, 53 31 11 N 2 01 46 W 2000

66) Sweden, N Baltic, coastal uplift, alt 120.1 km, 65 38 36 N 22 11 11 E 2002

67) Sweden, Laholm, coastal subsidence, alt 1.0 km, 56 32 44 N 12 57 06 E 2002

68) Denmark, Agerso, coastal subsidence, alt 2.4 km, 55 14 42 N 11 10 37 E 2005

69) Denmark, Odense, coastal subsidence, alt 1.3 km, 55 00 46 N 10 18 34 E 2005

70) Denmark, Skodsberg, lake level change, alt 0.5 km, 55 49 37 N 12 33 50 E 2003

71) Netherlands,Amersfoort, urban sprawl, alt 3.2 km, 52 11 24 N 5 25 07 E 2005

72) Belgium,Charleroi, quarrying, alt 2.6 km, 50 23 44 N 4 22 11 E 2004

73) Belgium, Charleroi, urban sprawl, alt 3.0km, 50 28 35 N 4 21 44 E 2004

74) Belgium, Estaimpuis, urban sprawl, alt 0.4km, 50 42 33 N 3 15 11 E 1999

75) Germany, Ravensburg, urban sprawl, alt 1.7 km, 47 45 10 N 9 35 42 E 2000

76) Germany, Freising, urban sprawl, alt 1.4 km, 48 23 14 N 11 44 16 E 2001

77) Germany, Zeesen, urban depopulation, alt 1.2 km, 52 16 11 N 13 37 38 E 2000

78) Germany, Berlin, deindustrialisation, alt 1.1 km, 52 25 45 N 13 32 46 E 2000

79) Poland, Kolobrzeg, coastal subsidence, alt 1.7 km,54 11 37 N 15 38 16 E 2007

80) France, Sangatte, coastal erosion, alt 1.2 km, 50 55 35 N, 1 42 30 E 2002

81) France, Strasbourg, urban sprawl, alt 2.4 km, 48 32 33 N 7 39 29 E 2007

82) France, Epegny, quarrying, alt 2.1 km, 47 26 24 N 5 04 07 E 2004

83) France, N W Nantes, urban sprawl, alt 2.7 km, 47 14 16 N 1 39 28 W 2003

84) France, Loire Atlantique, subsidence, alt 2.5 km, 47 21 45 N 1 30 20 W 2002

85) Switzerland, Tavannes, quarrying, alt 4.1 km, 47 10 40 N 7 12 58 E 2003

86) Switzerland, Zurich, urban sprawl, alt 3.5 km, 47 22 57 N 8 40 34 E 2002

87) Switzerland, Eglisau, quarrying, alt 3.3 km, 47 35 47 N 8 30 45 E 2002

88) Austria, Achensee, delta growth, alt 2.4 km, 47 25 46 N 11 43 57 E 2000

89) Spain, Madrid, urban sprawl, alt 4.6 km, 40 29 56 N 3 43 02 W 2002

90) Spain, Museros, urban sprawl, alt 8.0 km, 39 34 36 N 0 19 39 W 2003

91) Spain, Valencia, urban sprawl, alt 7.7 km, 39 26 50 N 0 19 06 W 2001

92) Spain, Alicante, urban sprawl, alt 1.7 km, 38 23 44 N 0 24 48 W 2002

93) Spain, San Pedro d Pinatar, urban sprawl, alt 3.9 km, 37 53 30 N 0 58 09 W 2003

94) Italy, Chivasso, river evolution, alt 2.8 km, 45 10 50 N 7 52 22 E 2004

95) Greece, Rhodes, coastal subsidence, alt 0.2km, 36 04 58 N, 28 05 26 E, 2002

96) Greece, Lesbos, coastal subsidence, alt 0.2 km, 39 12 27 N, 26 12 19 E, 2002

97) Albania, Peqin, river evolution, alt 2.5km, 41 02 07 N 19 48 03 E 2002

98) Albania, Ano Porocan, river evolution, alt 2.0 km, 40 56 10 N 20 17 15 E 2007

99) Turkey, Kas, urban sprawl, alt 0.4 km, 36 12 12 N, 29 38 23 E, 2001

100) Turkey Izmit, coastal subsidence, alt 2.0 km, 40 44 22 N 29 56 54 E 2007

101) Jordan, Amman, urban sprawl, alt 1.6 km, 31 53 39 N 36 00 44 E 2000

102) Kuwait, Khiran City, urban sprawl, alt 17.3 km, 28 40 31 N 48 20 43 E 2004

103) Saudi, Red Sea, coastal subsidence, alt 8.1 km, 27 25 53 N 49 17 43 E 2002

104) Saudi, Red Sea, coastal subsidence, alt 9.6 km, 27 46 11 N 48 50 31 E 2004

105) Saudi, Red Sea, coastal subsidence, alt 12.0 km, 28 05 49 N 34 44 19 E 2002

106) Qatar, Umm Said, coastal subsidence, alt 7.8km, 24 38 43 N 51 24 17 E 2005

107) Oman, Khasab, land reclamation, alt 5.0 km, 26 12 10 N, 56 15 06 E, 2001

108) Yemen, Aden, land reclamation, alt 8.5km, 12 49 07 N 44 59 03 E 2001

109) Pakistan, Gaddani, coastal erosion, alt 1.1 km, 25 07 34 N 06 44 11 E 2004

110) Bangladesh, Daganbhuiyan, river evolution, 12.0 km, 22 55 35 N 91 20 27 E 2007

111) Bangladesh, Dhigir Par Bazar, river evolution, 15.7 km, 23 25 10 N 90 32 58 E 2002

112) Bangladesh, Madwa, river evolution, 15.2 km, 23 26 24 N 90 16 27 E 2007

113) Bangla, Mohammadpur, urban sprawl, 1.6 km, 23 46 35 N 90 20 23 E 2003

114) Myanmar, Kamma, river evolution, 15.2 km, 19 02 40 N 95 06 39 E 2004

115) Thailand, Bangkok, coast subsidence, 0.9 km, 13 30 59 N 100 33 56 E 2002

116) Thailand, Bangkok, coast subsidence, 2.0 km, 13 32 41 N 100 34 52 E 2002

117) Thail, Nakham Chai Si, urban sprawl, 2.4 km, 13 51 46 N 100 16 23 E 2002

118) China (Tibet), Lhasa, topocide, 5.0 km, 29 37 21 N 91 04 08 E 2003

119) China, Mongolian border, river evolution, 48 00 56 N 118 16 16 E 2004

120) China, Beijing, urban sprawl, 6.5 km, 40 02 35 N 116 37 04 E 2003

121) Japan, Tomakomai, urban sprawl, 1.7 km, 42 41 00 N 141 41 24 E 2002

122) Australia, Warkworth, quarrying, 10.0km, 32 34 11 S 150 59 48 E 2002

123) Niue, rural depopulation, 0.7 km, 18 57 47 S 169 49 43 W 2004

124) Algeria, Borjd Bou Arreridj, drought, 1.8 km, 36 02 56 N 4 41 09 E, 2001

125) Algeria, Algiers, urban sprawl, 0.7 km, 36 45 42 N 3 13 05 E 2004

126) Egypt, El Ein El Sukhna, urban sprawl, 3.3 km, 29 26 12 N 32 29 06 E 2003

127) Egypt, Cairo, urban sprawl, 24.7 km, 30 02 39 N 31 20 15 E 1972

128) Egypt, Nile, coastal subsidence, 82.0 km, 31 03 22 N 32 47 12 E 1972

129) Mauritania, Nouakchott, urban sprawl, 2.9 km, 18 06 50 N 15 57 51 W 2002

130) Namibia, Bogenfels, quarrying, 3.0km, 27 27 47 S 15 24 29 E 2003

131) USA, , Chicago, urban sprawl, 6.1 km, 41 45 59 N 88 24 48 W 1993

132) USA, Chicago, urban sprawl, 6.1 km, 41 43 01 N 88 25 32 W 1993

133) USA, Chicago, urban sprawl, 4.5 km, 41 33 26 N 88 13 42 W 1993

134) US, Chesapeake Bay, coast subsidence, 2.0km, 37 45 51 N 75 47 57 W 1994

135) USA, N Dakota, lake level change, 29.0 km, 47 55 39 N 98 25 31 W 1998

136) USA, Las Vegas, urban sprawl, 10.0 km, 36 17 22 N 115 18 35 W, 2003

137) USA, Las Vegas, urban sprawl, 16.0 km, 36 05 14 N 115 08 12 W, 2003

138) Haiti, Port Au Prince, delta growth, 1.1 km, 18 32 23 N 72 21 23 W, 2001

139) Bolivia, La Paz, urban sprawl, 6.0 km, 16 29 37 S 68 15 15 W 2002

140) Argentina, Guamini, lake level change, 87.0 km, 36 58 31 S 62 19 37 S 2000

Labels,

land reclamation, ,

coastal uplift,

coastal accretion,

delta growth,

coastal erosion,

coastal subsidence,

subsidence,

lake level change,

river evolution,

drought,

rural depopulation,

quarrying,

urban renewal,

urban sprawl,

urban depopulation,

deindustrialisation,

topocide,