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. The optimum timeline available is also
indicated (use clock tool) – note that the earliest available image 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 2002-2010
2)
UK, Sheppey, coastal subsidence, alt 1.7 km, 51 22 12 N 0 55 40 E
2003 - 2011
3)
UK Sheppey, coastal subsidence, alt 3.5 km, 51 23 41 N 0 47 28 E
2003 - 2011
4)
UK, Kent, coastal subsidence, alt 4.0 km, 51 24 27 N 0 40 10 E
2003-2010
5)
UK,
Plumstead, urban sprawl,
alt 3.8 km, 51 30
14 N 0 07 09 E 1945-2011
6)
UK,Thurrock, deindustrialisation,
alt 3.5 km, 51 30
47 N 0 29 07 E 1999-2011
7)
UK, East Anglia, coastal erosion, alt 0.6 km, 52 20 39 N 1 41 18 E 1945 – 2010
8)
UK, East Anglia, coastal erosion, alt 1.2 km, 52 49 23 N 1 32 19 E 1999-2010
9)
UK, East Anglia, coastal erosion, alt 0.4 km, 52 53 55 N
1 23 15 E 1999-2010
10) UK, Holderness, coastal erosion, alt 570m, 53 41 37 N 0 04 42 E 2003-2010
11) UK, Dawlish, urban sprawl, alt 2.7 km, 50 35 29 N 3 27 35 W 1945-2011
12) UK, Exmouth, coastal accretion, alt 2.8 km, 50 36 28 N 3 25 48 W 1945-2011
13) UK, Portishead, urban sprawl, alt 4.0 km, 51 29 19 N 2 45 18 W 1999 – 2010
14) UK, Corsham
(Wilts), urban sprawl,
alt 2.0 km, 51 25 38 N 2 12 05 W 1945-2011
15) UK, Enfield, urban sprawl, alt 3.1 km, 51 38 56 N 0 03 21 W 1945-2011
16) UK, Berkhampstead, urban sprawl, alt 4.0 km, 51 45 53 N 0 35 06 W 1945-2011
17) UK, Hatfield, urban renewal, alt 4.4 km, 51 46 11 N 0 14 59 W 2000 - 2011
18)
UK, Aylesbury, urban sprawl, alt 2.7 km, 51 47 59 N 0 43 00 W 1945-2011
19)
UK, Milton Keynes,
urban sprawl, alt 5.3 km, 52 01 41 N 0 40 52 W 1945-2011
20)
UK, Milton Keynes,
urban sprawl, alt 5.7 km, 52 03 17 N 0 48 57 W 1945-2011
21)
UK, Worcester, urban sprawl, alt 4.1 km, 52 11 19 N 2 15 41 W 1945-2011
22)
UK, Worcester, urban sprawl, alt 3.0 km, 52 13 05 N 2 13 06 W 1945-2011
23)
UK, Coventry, urban sprawl, alt 5.6km, 52 16 29 N 1 32 25 W 1945-2011
24)
UK, Godmanchester, urban sprawl, alt 4.8 km, 52 19 14 N 0 09 55 W 1945-2011
25)
UK, Huntingdon, urban sprawl, alt 3.9 km, 52 19 15 N 0 13 37 W 1945-2011
26)
UK, St Ives, quarrying, alt 7.8 km, 52 19 23 N 0 01 10 W 1945-2011
27)
UK, Raunds, quarrying, alt 3.2 km, 52 21 52 N 0 34 08 W 1945-2011
28)
UK, Kettering, urban sprawl, alt 5.7 km, 52 23 12 N 0 41 30 W 1945-2011
29)
UK, Birmingham, urban sprawl, alt 3.3 km, 52 23 32 N 1 52 58 W 1945-2011
30)
UK, Birmingham, urban sprawl, alt 5.1 km, 52 23 33 N 1 47 09 W 1945-2011
31)
UK, Coventry, deindustrialisation, alt 2.0 km, 52 24 43 N 1 36 02 W 1999-2011
32) UK, Meriden, quarrying, alt 2.2 km, 52 26 19 N 1 39 41 W 1999 - 2011
33) UK, Swadlincote,
quarrying,
alt 3.1 km, 52 45
12 N 1 32 39 W 1999 - 2011
34) UK, Lichfield, urban sprawl, alt 1.4 km, 52 40 38 N 1 50 28 W 2003-2011
35) UK, Telford, urban sprawl, alt 2.0 km, 52 42 03 N 2 28 32 W 1999 – 2011
36) UK, Derbyshire, quarrying, alt 5.0 km, 52 44 33 N 1 42 16 W 2003-2010
37) UK, Cannock, urban sprawl, alt 1.6km, 52 42 48 N 2 02 39 W 2003-2011
38) UK, Clipstone,
Notts, deindustrialisation,
alt 1.0 km, 53 09
45 N 1 06 29 W 2000 - 2011
39) UK, Nottingham, quarrying, alt 1.9 km, 53 00 58 N 0 58 23 W 2000-2011
40) UK,
Gainsborough, urban
renewal, alt 0.8 km,
53 23 56 N 0 46 19 W 2003-2011
41) UK, Lincolnshire, urban sprawl, alt 1.5 km, 53 17 13 N 0 32 53 W 2003 – 2010
42) UK, Manchester, urban renewal,
alt 2.2 km, 53 29
05 N 2 12 04 W 2000-2011
43) UK, Manchester, urban sprawl, alt 2.4 km, 53 30 37 N 2 18 05 W 2000-2011
44) UK, Manchester, quarrying, alt 1.0 km, 53 31 11 N 2 01 46 W 2000-2010
45) UK S Yorks, urban sprawl, alt 1.7 km, 53 32 24 N 1 02 06 W 2002-2010
46) UK Scunthorpe, urban sprawl, alt 1.5 km, 53 33 40 N 0 37 06 W 2003-2010
47) UK, Scunthorpe, urban sprawl, alt 2.0 km, 53 36 13 N 0 38 52 W 2003-2010
48) UK, Grimethorpe,
quarrying,
alt 4.0 km, 53 34
13 N 1 22 53 W 2003 – 2011
49) UK, Ulrome, H’ness,
coastal erosion, alt 0.6 km, 53 59 17 N 0 12 16 W 2003 – 2011
50) UK, W Yorks, urban sprawl alt 1.8 km, 53 39 23 N 1 31 16 W 1999-2010
51) UK, Wakefield, urban sprawl, alt 1.2 km, 53 41 47 N 1 29 55 W, 2002-2011
52) UK, Castleford, quarrying, alt 3.3 km, 53 44 58 N 1 24 22 W 2002-2011
53) UK, W Yorks, urban sprawl, alt 2.2 km, 53 42 15 N 1 22 54 W 2002-2010
54) UK, Hull, urban renewal, alt 0.7 km, 53 44 43 N 0 20 52.66 W 2003-2010
55) UK, Leeds, urban sprawl, alt 2.0 km, 53 44 43 N 1 31 51 W, 2002-2011
56) Sweden, N Baltic, coastal uplift, alt 120.1 km, 65 38 36 N 22 11 11 E 2002-2010
57) Sweden, Laholm, coastal subsidence,
alt 1.0 km, 56 32
44 N 12 57 06 E 2002-2011
58) Denmark, Agerso, coastal subsidence,
alt 2.4 km, 55 14
42 N 11 10 37 E 2005-2011
59) Denmark, Odense, coastal subsidence,
alt 1.3 km, 55 00
46 N 10 18 34 E 2005-2011
60) Denmark,
Skodsberg, lake levels rise, alt 0.5 km, 55 49 37 N 12 33 50 E 2003-2011
61) Netherlands,Amersfoort, urban sprawl, alt 3.2 km, 52 11 24 N 5 25 07 E 2005-2010
62) Belgium,Charleroi, quarrying, alt 2.6 km, 50 23 44 N 4 22 11 E 2004-2011
63) Belgium, Charleroi, urban sprawl, alt 3.0km, 50 28 35 N 4 21 44 E 2004 - 2011
64) Belgium, Estaimpuis, urban sprawl, alt 0.4km, 50 42 33 N 3 15 11 E 1999-2011
65) Germany, Ravensburg, urban sprawl, alt 1.7 km, 47 45 10 N 9 35 42 E 2000 - 2011
66) Germany, Freising, urban
sprawl, alt 1.4 km,
48 23 14 N 11 44 16
E 2001-2011
67) Germany, Zeesen, urban depopulation, alt 1.2 km, 52 16 11 N 13 37 38 E 2000-2011
68) Germany, Berlin, deindustrialisation, alt 1.1 km, 52 25 45 N 13 32 46 E 2000-2011
69) Poland, Kolobrzeg, coastal subsidence,
alt 1.7 km,54 11 37
N 15 38 16 E 2007-2011
70) France, Sangatte, coastal erosion, alt 1.2 km, 50 55 35 N, 1 42 30 E 2002-2011
71) France, Strasbourg, urban sprawl, alt 2.4 km, 48 32 33 N 7 39 29 E 2007-2011
72) France, Epegny, quarrying, alt 2.1 km, 47 26 24 N 5 04 07 E 2004-2011
73) France, N W Nantes, urban sprawl, alt 2.7 km, 47 14 16 N 1 39 28 W 2003-2010
74) France, Loire Atlantique, subsidence,
alt 2.5 km, 47 21
45 N 1 30 20 W 2002-2010
75) Switzerland, Tavannes, quarrying, alt 4.1 km, 47 10 40 N 7 12 58 E 2003 - 2011
76) Switzerland, Zurich, urban sprawl, alt 3.5 km, 47 22 57 N 8 40 34 E 2002 – 2011
77) Switzerland, Eglisau, quarrying, alt 3.3 km, 47 35 47 N 8 30 45 E 2002 - 2011
78) Austria, Achensee, delta growth, alt 2.4 km, 47 25 46 N 11 43 57 E 2000 - 2011
79) Spain, Alicante, urban sprawl, alt 1.7 km, 38 23 44 N 0 24 48 W 2002-2010
80) Spain, Madrid, urban sprawl, alt 4.6 km, 40 29 56 N 3 43 02 W 2002-2011
81) Italy, Chivasso, river evolution, alt 2.8 km, 45 10 50 N 7 52 22 E
2004 - 2011
82) Greece, Rhodes, coastal subsidence,
alt 0.2km, 36 04 58
N, 28 05 26 E, 2002-2011
83) Greece, Lesbos, coastal subsidence,
alt 0.2 km, 39 12
27 N, 26 12 19 E, 2002-2011
84) Turkey, Kas, urban sprawl, alt 0.4 km, 36 12 12 N, 29 38 23 E, 2001-2011
85) Turkey Izmit, coastal subsidence,
alt 2.0 km, 40 44
22 N 29 56 54 E 2007-2010
86) Jordan, Amman, urban sprawl, alt 1.6 km, 31 53 39 N 36 00 44 E 2000-2010
87)
Kuwait, Khiran City, urban sprawl, alt 17.3 km, 28 40 31 N 48 20 43 E 2004-2011
88)
Saudi, Red Sea, coastal subsidence, alt 8.1 km, 27 25 53 N 49 17 43 E
2002-2011
89) Saudi, Red Sea, coastal subsidence,
alt 9.6 km, 27
46 11 N 48 50 31 E 2004-2011
90) Saudi, Red Sea, coastal subsidence,
alt 12.0 km, 28
05 49 N 34 44 19 E 2002-2010
91) Qatar, Umm Said, coastal subsidence,
alt 7.8km, 24
38 43 N 51 24 17 E 2005-2011
92) Oman, Khasab, land reclamation, alt 5.0 km, 26 12 10 N, 56 15 06 E, 2001-2011
93) Yemen, Aden, land reclamation, alt 8.5km, 12 49 07 N 44 59 03 E 2001 – 2011
94) Pakistan, Gaddani, coastal erosion, alt 1.1 km, 25 07 34 N 06 44 11 E 2004 - 2011
95) Bangladesh, Daganbhuiyan, river evolution, alt 12.0 km, 22 55 35 N 91 20 27 E
2007 - 2011
96) Bangladesh, Dhigir Par Bazar, river evolution, alt 15.7 km, 23 25 10 N 90 32 58 E
2002-2011
97) Bangladesh, Madwa, river evolution, alt 15.2 km, 23 26 24 N 90 16 27 E
2007 - 2011
98) Bangladesh, Mohammadpur, urban sprawl, alt 1.6 km, 23 46 35 N 90 20 23 E 2003-2011
99) Myanmar, Kamma, river evolution, alt 15.2 km, 19 02 40 N 95 06 39 E
2004 - 2011
100)
Thailand, Bangkok, coastal subsidence, alt 0.9 km, 13 30 59 N 100 33 56 E
2002-2010
101)
Thailand, Bangkok, coastal subsidence, alt 2.0 km, 13 32 41 N 100 34 52 E
2002-2010
102)
Thailand, Nakham Chai
Si, urban sprawl,
alt 2.4 km, 13 51
46 N 100 16 23 E 2002-2011
103)
China (Tibet), Lhasa, topocide, alt 5.0 km, 29 37 21 N 91 04 08 E 2003-2010
104)
China, N E Beijing, urban sprawl, alt 6.5 km, 40 02 35 N 116 37 04 E 2003-2010
105)
Japan, Tomakomai, urban sprawl, alt 1.7 km, 42 41 00 N 141 41 24 E 2002-2010
106)
Australia, Kalgoorlie,
alt, 30 45 53 S 121 30 33 E
107)
Niue, rural depopulation,
alt 0.7 km, 18 57 47 S 169 49 43 W 2004-2010
108)
Algeria, Borjd Bou
Arreridj, drought, alt 1.8 km, 36 02 56 N 4 41 09 E, 2001 – 2011
109)
Algeria, Algiers, urban sprawl, alt 0.7 km, 36 45 42 N 3 13 05 E 2004 - 2011
110)
Egypt, El Ein El
Sukhna, urban sprawl,
alt 3.3 km, 29 26
12 N 32 29 06 E 2003-2011
111)
Egypt, Cairo, urban sprawl, alt 24.7 km, 30 02 39 N 31 20 15 E 1972-2011
112)
Egypt, Nile delta, coastal subsidence, alt 82.0 km, 31 03 22 N 32 47 12 E
1972-2010
113)
Mauritania, Nouakchott, urban sprawl, alt 2.9 km, 18 06 50 N 15 57 51 W 2002-2011
114)
Namibia, Bogenfels, quarrying, alt 3.0km, 27 27 47 S 15 24 29 E 2003-2011
115)
USA, Aurora, Chicago,
urban sprawl, alt 6.1 km, 41 45 59 N 88 24 48 W 1993-2011
116)
USA, Aurora, Chicago,
urban sprawl, alt 6.1 km, 41 43 01 N 88 25 32 W 1993-2011
117)
USA, Joliet, Chicago, urban sprawl, alt 4.5 km, 41 33 26 N 88 13 42 W 1993-2011
118)
USA,Chesapeake Bay,
coastal subsidence, alt 2.0km, 37 45 51 N 75 47 57 W
1994-2010
119)
USA, N Dakota, lake levels rise, alt 29.0 km, 47 55 39 N 98 25 31 W 1998-2010
120)
Haiti, Port Au
Prince, delta growth,
alt 1.1 km, 18 32
23 N 72 21 23 W, 2001-2011
121)
Bolivia, La Paz, urban sprawl, alt 6.0 km, 16 29 37 S 68 15 15 W 2002-2011
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land reclamation, ,
coastal uplift,
coastal accretion,
delta growth,
coastal erosion,
coastal
subsidence,
subsidence,
lake
levels rise,
river
evolution,
drought,
rural
depopulation,
quarrying,
urban renewal,
urban sprawl,
urban depopulation,
deindustrialisation,
topocide,