New google earth update makes stadium village look pretty cool

[From the Barn]

for the geonerds

All sorts of off topic stuff (you can see the path of the tornado pretty clearly! Target Field finally exists!)

And football stuff (zoom down to your seat, just for fun!)

More here:
http://geo-location-minneapolis.blogspot.com/2012/05/north-minneapolis-tornado-path-visible.html

 

[GopherInPittsburgh]

Finally! Also what a difference a warm winter makes. The new imagery from April 3, 2012 appears much "greener." The older default imagery was from March 31 of 2006 I believe. Campus was a bit gray.