I think this is the first time Google have announced when and where they're going to be taking high-res photos for Google Maps / Earth Imagery.

According to this article from the Sydney Morning Herald, a Google plane will be aloft over Sydney on Australia Day (26 January) to take photos at the 4 to 5 times the resolution currently available for Australia – which should make it amongst the highest quality footage available on Earth.

Apparently the theory is to take photos of cities during periods when they're at their most impressive – hence Australia Day celebrations in Australia. If it turns out well, expect to see more of the same in other international cities.

blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archiv ...

[Note: That should read 'at 4 to 5 times' and 'available on Google Earth']

google.com.au/australiaday2007 ... unbelievable!

And at the same time, West European countries got new images (including nothern France!!!)

That could cause some people to ... exploit... the idea!

It's exactly what I said in my article on Zorgloob Mambo :)
zorgloob.com/2007/01/quand-goo ...
[your name is in the article Reto :)]

checkout the cool logo :

google.com/intl/en_au/events/a ...

Cheers Tom.

There's a little bit more info, plus a sneak peak at the Google Australia Day logo here:
blog.radioactiveyak.com/2007/0 ...

yeah thats a nie way for Google to Group people together and have fun in rea time.. this is certainly a new way for Google's PR!!

I saw this logo too but are you sure that it is not an "old" logo?

BTW, Microsoft did the same thing, and the photos are online!
lookupandsmile.com.au/australi ...