Google imagery updates related to Iowa

This week Google announced updated imagery for both Polk and Warren counties. The original post is here:

Imagery updates:

• Digital Globe updates all over the globe with the most notable being large
  content additions in Somalia and Australia
  
• Updated US states: Indiana and Delaware
  
• Miscellaneous high res cities and counties in North America:
  Monterey Bay, CA; Yakima County, WA; Summerland, Canada; Greater East
  Wenatchee, WA; Polk County, IA; Warren County IA; and Bay County, FL
  
• Small high-res updates in the UK (Swansea, Edinburgh, Doncaster,
  Gwent) and expanded London coverage
  
• High-res update in Bremerhaven, Germany.
  
• Newer imagery for Lanzarote (Canary Islands)
  
• Google Earth Blog-supplied XPrizeCup flyover and the Sanford, NC airport
  
• Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
  
• Foo Camp @ O'Reilly Headquarters in Sebastapol, CA

Now, if we could only get the rest of the state updated!

IGDC

What is the IGDC you ask? It is the Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. The "clearinghouse" is in the process of a redesign and also a relocation to a new url. The new url will be: http://www.iowagis.org/ and a big thank you goes out to Patrick Brown for all the work he has been putting in on redesigning the site.

Just one more thing to remember about the IGDC, a clearinghouse is only as effective and useful as the data that gets published to it. If you haven't taken the time to publish your metadata to the clearinghouse, get in contact with Patrick and he will be more than happy to walk you through the steps.