Streetview in Flight (10.0) - 9/26/2024

There seems to have been a "cleansing" of the historical SV images again. Many finds can no longer be reproduced.  

  

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Aug 14, 2022 9:53:33 GMT willi1 said:

There seems to have been a "cleansing" of the historical SV images again. Many finds can no longer be reproduced.  

Yea - lost over 300 finds. It's really frustrating!

Version 8.0 (September 20, 2022)

After one full year, it's time for a new update! This one is pretty big!

One major change - I have removed a huge number of finds (over 1500) which I consider low-quality. In prior versions of this collection, the objective was to document all finds - but as the collection grew to over 4500 placemarks, this became untenable (it takes an insane amount of time to keep this collection updated). Now - just the BEST finds are kept. This is subjective, but I tend to keep close-up and/or unique finds, but won't for example keep six American Airlines at one airport. This will make updates easier and free up room for new finds in the future.

In addition - Google has removed large quantities of Street View imagery. This often happens and they resurface (called "re-finds") at a later point, so I'm hanging on to these finds in a back-end collection. But for now, the collection has lost over 300 finds. Hope to see them again in the future.

● 217 New Finds: 186 airplanes (158 civilian, 28 military) | 22 Helicopter (8 civilian, 14 military), 7 aerostats, 2 UAVs
● 10 Re-Finds (RF): 10 airplanes (7 civilian, 3 military)

● Airplane [Civilian] Types (6): Airbus A220, Boeing 737 MAX, Grumman American AA-5, Hawker 800, Learjet 70/75, Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey
● Airplane [Military] Types (2): AC-130 [Lockheed], T-35 Pillán [ENAER]

● Airlines (+17): Dubrovnik Airline *DF, FTA Global, GoJet Airlines, Hi Fly, iAero Airways *ID, Iberia Express, Iberojet, IndiGo, Jet2holidays, Kulula.com *DF, LIFT, Qatar Airways Cargo, Royal Air Philippines, Sky Lease Cargo, Trans Island Airways, Vista Air, Wind Jet *DF
● Special Liveries (+17): Aer Lingus Airbus A320 "Irish Rugby Team" [EI-DEI], Aeroméxico Boeing 787 "Quetzalcoatl" [XA-ADL], Aeroméxico Connect ERJ-190 "1100 E-JETS" [XA-GAW], Air India Boeing 787 "Mahatma Gandhi" [VT-ANP], Brussels Airlines Airbus A320 "Belgian Icons - Tomorrowland" [OO-SNF], C-295 "100 Years Getafe" [35-02] {SpAF}, EVA Air Airbus A330 "Bad Badtz-Maru" [B-16331], FlySafair Boeing 737 "Springboks" [ZS-SJU], Gulf Air Boeing 787 "Bahrain F1 / 70th Anniversary", iAero Airways "Eastern Airlines", Japan Airlines Boeing 767 "Amavier Jet" [JA613J], Japan Transocean Air Boeing 737 "Okinawa Karate" [JA03RK], KLM Cityhopper Fokker 100 "White Livery" [PH-OFL], Olympic Air Dash 8 "Austrojet-Hybrid" [SX-BIW], Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 "California One" [N943WN], Super King Air "House Livery", Vueling Airbus A320 "Disneyland Paris - 25 Years" [EC-MLE]
● Military/Gov Operators (+5): CCG: Canadian Coast Guard, IAF: Indian Air Force, PhAF: Philippine Air Force, SDFD: San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, Vigili del Fuoco

Etihad Airways / Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (A6-BLH) painted in "ADNOC - Choose Italy" special colours  / GM Link (Jan 2022)

Aeroméxico Connect / Embraer ERJ-190AR (XA-AEC)  / GM Link (Dec 2021)

Unident Airliner /  GM Link (Jul 2015)

Probatly Tofly7 Cancun Helicopter Tours / BELL UH1H (XA-UMR) / GM Link (Jan 2014)

Interjet / Airbus A320-214 (XA-UNO) / GM Link (May 2018)

American Airlines / Boeing 767 /  GM-Link (Mar 2017)

Sept 21, 2022 9:25:54 GMT willi1 said:

Etihad Airways / Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (A6-BLH) painted in "ADNOC - Choose Italy" special colours  / GM Link (Jan 2022)

Aeroméxico Connect / Embraer ERJ-190AR (XA-AEC)  / GM Link (Dec 2021)

Unident Airliner /  GM Link (Jul 2015)

Probatly Tofly7 Cancun Helicopter Tours / BELL UH1H (XA-UMR) / GM Link (Jan 2014)

Interjet / Airbus A320-214 (XA-UNO) / GM Link (May 2018)

American Airlines / Boeing 767 /  GM-Link (Mar 2017)

Really appreciate you ID'ing these willi1! Makes updates a million times easier!

Aeromexico Connext / Embraer 190 / GM Link (Jan 2017)

Air Canada / Boeing B787 / GM Link  (Sep 2020)

Avianca / Airbus A320 / GM Link  (Oct 2016)

British Airways / Boeing B777 / GM Link (May 2021)

Iran Air / Airbus A300 / GM Link (Sep 2012)

Pilatus PC-12 / 33.691222° -117.859712° / GM Link (Oct 2015)

Bombardier Global 6000 (I suspect) / 40.764035° -73.887844° / GM Link (Oct 2019)

Lufthansa Airbus A320 / 51.4639361,-0.5127641 / GM Link (Jan 2021)

Iberia Airbus A319 / 40.4529473,-3.5183662 / GM Link (Jun 2021)

All Nippon Airways A321-272N JA137A / 34.755687,135.470336 / GM Link (Nov 2018)

American Airlines / Boeing 777 / 51.4748992,-0.5793428 / GM Link (Sep 2021)

Delta Connections / Bombardier CRJ900 / 33.6511474,-84.3981279 / GM Link (Dec 2020)

Cessna 152 (?) / 26.195154,-80.2057364 / GM Link (Mar 2011)

South West Airlines / Boeing 737 / 32.7304612,-117.1712665 / GM Link (Nov 2020)

Pinnacle Airlines (Delta Airlines) / Bombardier CRJ200 / GM Link (Mar 2013)  -- Pinnacle Airlines renamed Sep 2013 to Endeavor Air

   

Aero Mexico Boeing 737 / 19.4196834,-99.0961916 / GM Link (Apr 2011)

Air Canada Boeing 777 / 45.4920139,-73.7252844 / GM Link (Apr 2015)

Unident / 43.965548,-88.5591661 / GM Link (Jun 2018)

Unident / 3.5133008,-76.3875654 / GM Link (Jul 2019)

Polish Air Force or Navy / PZL M28B Bryza 1RM bis (Maritime patrol and reconnaissance variant with submarine detection capability) /54.7586485,17.5588818 / GM Link (Aug 2019)

Orlando Helitours / Bell 206B JetRanger III (N407RV) / 28.3345719,-81.5035746 / GM Link (Jul 2016)

Southwest Airlines / B737 MAX 8 retro livery (N871HK?) / 39.1504134,-76.645025 / GM Link (Oct 2012)

Thai Lion Air / Boeing 737-9 MAX (HS-LSI) / 13.9473638,100.6249986 / GM Link (Jan 2019)

 

Avianca / A-330-200 / 25.7831318,-80.3366686 /GM Link (Mar 2020)

BAW / B-747 / 51.4646727,-0.4129882 / GM Link (Sep 2014)

Private ? / 33.6854878,-117.865091 / Beechcraft Super King Air  / GM Link (May 2018)

Unident / -37.7107348,144.8460284 / GM Link (May 2013)

Unident / 34.254588,-118.4090317 / GM Link (Dec 2021)

 

Emirates Sky Cargo / B-777 / 50.0414193,8.5986428 / GM Link (Nov 2022)

Thomas Cook Airlines /B-757 / 55.897806,-4.3890628 / GM Link (Sep 2012)

BAW / B-777 / 51.476307,-0.3545204 / GM Link (Oct 2020)

Flybe / Dash-8 / 55.8950844,-4.3940173 / GM Link (Aug 2019)

A lot of older LQF

Unident / 27.8928411,-82.6839094 / GM Link (Nov 2018)

Unident / 42.3998237,-70.9913975 / GM Link (N0v 2020)

Unident /33.6890419,-117.8592078 / GM Link (Dec 2014)

Unident / 29.7910922,-94.9563647 / GM Link (Dec 2016)

SAS (?) B-737 / 51.477388,-0.5624731 / GM Link (Jul 2018)

 

SW Airlines B-737 / 39.1421256,-76.6447801 / GM Link (Aug 2018)

United A-320 / 33.6862011,-117.8646542 / GM Link (Nov 2015)

SW Airline B-737 / 37.336449,-121.8982399 / GM Link (Aug 2015)

Royal Air Force Vickers VC-10 / 51.7582235,-1.5297341 / GM Link (Aug 2011)

Japan Airlines ? B-787 ? / 34.7598194,135.4677947 / GM Link (Mar 2014)

SW Airlines B-737 / 34.1932087,-118.3530281 / GM Link (Feb 2018)

American Airlines Airbus A319 / 33.4272503,-112.0375111 / GM Link (Feb 2020)

Qatar Airbus A380 / 51.467152,-0.3363818 / GM Link (Jul 2016)

Air Europa B-737 / 48.71964,2.3106402 / GM Link (Mar 2023)

Solaseed Air B-737 / 32.82839,130.8330263 / GM Link (Apr 2023)

JSDF / Kawasaki C-2 / 35.4992322,133.2545626 / GM Link (Mar 2023)

Easy Jet / A-320 [OE-IJO] / 40.8961251,14.3117744 / GM Link (May 2023)

Lufthansa / Bombardier CRJ900 / 48.358624,11.7397615 / GM Link (Jul 2022)

Military / Mil Mi-8 / 52.0295114,48.8279895 / GM Link  (Apr 2021)

Alaska Airline / B-737 / 32.7292792,-117.1659421  / GM Link (Oct 2022)

British Airways (?) / 45.4093398,10.908065 / GM Link (Jun 2023)

Babock / S-92 / 57.197931,-2.1906212 / GM Link (Apr 2023)

British Airways / 51.3100203,6.816262 / GM Link (Oct 2022)

Pagasus Airlines / A-320 / 52.3841584,4.7105402 / GM Link (Mar 2023)

Virgin Atlantic / B-787 / 51.4783439,-0.3552879 / GM Link (Mar 2022)

Working on a major update for this year. Going to be a huge purge - even after my previous trimming of the collection, there's still over 2500 finds, which makes updating this collection a very time-intense process. As such, I'm going to be more strict with "quality" of finds, and really only keep the best finds in an area. Also - new streetview imagery around the world (there was tons of unannounced imagery updates in early 2023) and Germany notably also has new streetview imagery after 10+ years. I'm also working on another huge collection simultaneously with a focus on cool structures around the world. I'll likely publish that massive collection some time next year, and try to finish the 9.0 update for this collection by December of this year.

American Airlines / B-787 / 53.4243286,-6.2817065 / GM-Link (Oct 2022)

Alaska Airlines / B-737 / 33.9559174,-118.3508254 / GM Link (Jan 2018)

Unident / B-737 / 25.7851998,-80.3362233 / GM-Link (Jan 2021)

El Al / B-787 / 51.4781136,-0.5140172 / GM-Link (Apr 2019)

KML / B-737 [ PH-EXC ] / 52.3831671,4.7131628 / GM-Link (Mar 2023)

Prime Air (Amazon) / B-737 / 25.7856494,-80.3355071 / GM-Link (Apr 2022)

Sept 1, 2023 22:09:24 GMT SpiderX22 said:

Working on a major update for this year. Going to be a huge purge - even after my previous trimming of the collection, there's still over 2500 finds, which makes updating this collection a very time-intense process. As such, I'm going to be more strict with "quality" of finds, and really only keep the best finds in an area. Also - new streetview imagery around the world (there was tons of unannounced imagery updates in early 2023) and Germany notably also has new streetview imagery after 10+ years. I'm also working on another huge collection simultaneously with a focus on cool structures around the world. I'll likely publish that massive collection some time next year, and try to finish the 9.0 update for this collection by December of this year.

Okay - finally checked the 2500+ finds in the collection for updates / moved lower quality finds out. We lost 164 finds (goodbye "Air Horse One") and 497 lower quality finds have been removed. This brings us to 1917 finds in the collection. Now it's finally time to look through all the new imagery (almost every country got new imagery).

Dec 20, 2022 9:22:02 GMT willi1 said:

   

Aero Mexico Boeing 737 / 19.4196834,-99.0961916 / GM Link (Apr 2011)

Air Canada Boeing 777 / 45.4920139,-73.7252844 / GM Link (Apr 2015)

Unident / 45.4920139,-73.7252844 / GM Link (Jul 2018)

Unident / 3.5133008,-76.3875654 / GM Link (Jul 2019)

Air Canada got copied twice. Do you have the correct link / coordinates for this one willi1?

Sept 20, 2023 15:28:48 GMT willi1 said:

El Al / B-787 / 51.4781136,-0.5140172 / GM-Link (Apr 2019)

Good find. It's however a bit easier to identify if you move down the road to here.
     Air China Airbus A330 [B-6090]

Sept 27, 2023 18:50:38 GMT SpiderX22 said:

Dec 20, 2022 9:22:02 GMT willi1 said:

 Air Canada got copied twice. Do you have the correct link / coordinates for this one willi1?

Done

Sept 27, 2023 19:46:45 GMT SpiderX22 said:

Sept 20, 2023 15:28:48 GMT willi1 said:

El Al / B-787 / 51.4781136,-0.5140172 / GM-Link (Apr 2019)

Good find. It's however a bit easier to identify if you move down the road to here.
     Air China Airbus A330 [B-6090]

Yep. Very similar to El Al

EasyJet /A-320/319 ? / 51.1538683,-0.1474942 / GM-Link (Jun 2023)

KML / B-737 / 52.3722696,4.7122697 / GM-Link (Mar 2023)

Logan Air / Saab340B [G-LGNG] / 55.8816303,-4.4121935 / GM Link (Aug 2021)

RyanAir / B-737 / 40.4596575,-3.5205146 / GM Link (Oct 2018)

Unident / 41.5075878,-74.0840098 / GM Link (Aug 2018)

Just got through looking at all the major warbird airports. Found two cool finds:

Douglas C-49J [43-1975] - February 2023
and
DH-82 Tiger Moth [R4922] - April 2023

Liverpool Flying School / Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk [G-LFSM] / 53.3344483,-2.826149 / GM Link (Jun 2022)

Unident / 51.4778473,-0.3546205 / GM Link (Mar 2022)

Unident / 26.1952256,-80.2050621 / GM Link (Jan 2015)

American Airlines / A-320 / 36.0714825,-115.1190949 / GM Link (Jan 2021)

Thai Asia Airline / A320-216 [HS-ABN] / 13.9457877,100.6231337 / GM-Link (Nov 2018)

Found Air Force One - not once, but twice in New Hampshire. Not sure if it's the same plane twice or both of the USAF VC-25As, but they're both taking off in same direction and at different locations in GE. Can't find anything about Air Force One in Portsmouth in September 2019.

Location 1 | Location 2

Version 9.0 (October 31, 2023)
After 13 months, it's time for another big update!
Continuing from last time, I have removed a huge number of finds (almost exactly 500) which I consider low-quality. In prior versions of this collection, the objective was to document all finds - but as the collection grew to over 4500 placemarks, this became untenable (it takes an insane amount of time to keep this collection updated). Now - just the BEST finds are kept. This is subjective, but I tend to keep close-up and/or unique finds, but won't for example keep six American Airlines at one airport. This will make updates easier and free up room for new finds in the future.

In this update, I've consolidated multiple finds of same aircraft type/airline at same airports into a single placemark, to free up some visual space.

In addition - Google has yet again removed large quantities of Street View imagery. This often happens and they resurface (called "re-finds") at a later point, so I'm hanging on to these finds in a back-end collection. But for now, the collection has lost 164 finds. Hope to see them again in the future.

● 245 New Finds: 219 airplanes (178 civilian, 41 military) | 22 Helicopter (10 civilian, 12 military), 4 aerostats, 0 UAVs
● 18 Re-Finds (RF): 17 airplanes (13 civilian, 4 military), 1 helicopter (1 civilian)


New:
● Countries (+5): Guatemala, Luxembourg, Panama, Qatar, Tunisia | +1 Territory: Ceuta, Spain | +2 States: Connecticut, West Virginia
● Airplane [Civilian] Types (+12): Airbus A220, Airbus A321neo, Antonov An-26, Cessna 206 Stationair, Cessna Citation I, Cessna Citation Mustang, Cirrus SR20, Diamond DA62, Douglas DC-3, Grob G 120, Honda HA-420 HondaJet, Piper PA-38 Tomahawk
● Airplane [Military] Types (+4): DH.82 Tiger Moth [de Havilland], KC-46 Pegasus [Boeing], O-1 Bird Dog [Cessna], VC-25 [Boeing]

● Helicopter Types (+1): Eurocopter AS532 Cougar

● Airlines (+41): Air Alliance, Air Panama, APEX Flight Academy, Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, Aviation Academy Austria, Avion Express Malta, Babcock International, Breeze Airways, Cannes Aviation Academy, Chalair Aviation, Contour Airlines, EDAS Cognac Aviation Training Services, Emirates SkyCargo, Ethiopian Airlines Cargo, Flight Calibration Services, Flynas, Gulf Helicopters, Heliport Istra, Heli-Rio Táxi Aéreo, Island Air Charters (NZ), ITA Airways, Jetstar Asia, La Compagnie, LATAM Cargo Chile, Lauda Europe, Liverpool Flying School, Loganair, Panama Air Adventures, Pinnacle Airlines, Polar Airlines, Red Wings Airlines, Ryukyu Air Commuter, Singapore Airlines Cargo, SpiceJet, Sunwing Airlines, Thai Lion Air, Tofly7, Tropic Ocean Airways, US Flight Academy, VietJet Air, Western Michigan University

● Special Liveries (+14): Aeroméxico Connect ERJ-190 "1,100th Ejet" [XA-GAW], American Airlines Boeing 737 "TWA Heritage" [N915NN], Azul Airbus A320n "Azul Itaucard Visa Infinite" [PR-YSF], Emirates Airbus A380 "Journey to the Future" [A6-EOJ], Etihad Airways Boeing 787 "ADNOC - Choose Italy" [A6-BLH], jetBlue Airbus A320 "NY Jets" [N746JB], jetBlue Airbus A320 "NYC Fire Department" [N615JB], jetBlue Airbus A320 "NYC Police Department" [N531JL], La Compagnie A321n "A321neo the plane to be" [F-HBUZ], Pobeda Boeing 737 "Relax in the Stavropol Region" [RA-73298], Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 "Desert Gold", Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 "Worlds Best Low Cost Airlines" [HS-ABW], Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 "Istanbul 2020" [TC-JNI], UPS Boeing 767F "Retro 2003 Synchronizing..." [N354UP]

● Military/Gov Operators (+6): EdP: Peruvian Army, FiAF: Finnish Air Force, Guardia Civil, RoAF: Romanian Air Force, SenAF: Senegalese Air Force, Z-G AFA: Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy
● Airshows (+1): Northern Illinois Airshow

● Manufacturer Owned (+1): Boeing Boeing 787

● Low Quality Finds = +78