Thursday, July 21, 2011

Red Army Map of Tallinn (1939)

Red Army's (RKKA) map of Tallinn. Created by cartographers Zdrogov and Shestakov and draftsman Kondrat'ev.

Information gathered: between October 5th and December 31st 1938
Map published: January 1939



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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Street View update

As it turns out, panoramas taken last October were just a test. Starting from June 19th, Regio is taking Street View images in Tallinn and other parts of Estonia.

There are several photos of Google cars on Delfi ( link) and Postimees ( link):

On Pae street ( Location on Google Maps)


5th Generation camera


In other news, Regio opened a non Street View panorama website 360.tallinn.ee.

Panoramas were created by panographer and web developer Andrei Bodrov (his 360cities account).

Friday, July 8, 2011

Bing: Bird's-eye view of Tallinn

Bing maps added Bird's-eye view for Tallinn. Bird's-eye view is a name used by Bing for oblique imagery (aerial photography that is captured at approximately a 45 degree angle with the ground). It is interesting to note that Tallinn is not mentioned in Bing Maps Updates.

Bird's-eye view near Stockmann (from north, south and east)

View in Bing Maps (zoom in to see Bird's-eye view)

Added: May??? 2011
Image Date: 11-23 Sep 2008
Resolution: 12-18 cm
Provider: Pictometry