NASA's world wind is superb. It can see all over the world now on the computer connected to Internet.

Here are all Chinese cities that are seen from 30km out space by Landsat satellite. It can clearly show airports, expressways and large road interchanges, and of course the shape and size of city built-areas.

Since I try to cover all Chinese cities, and it will be several hundreds of them, I will skip towns. I would like to show city scenes from ground too. It will be a huge work, so I will be a long time thread.

Beijing, the capital of China
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing1.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/010CC897.jfif

northwest of Beijing, Shahe district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing2.jpg

further NW of Beijing, Changping district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/Beijing3.jpg

NE of Beijing, the airport and Shunyi district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing4.jpg

further NW of Beijing, Huairou and Miyun district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing5.jpg

East of Beijing, Tongzhou district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing6.jpg

SE of Beijing, Liangxiang district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing7.jpg

SW of Beijing Daxing district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing-daxing.jpg

West of Beijing, Shijingshan district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/beijing-shijingshan.jpg

but they're too outdated

but they're too outdated
How can you tell?

great pics

Tianjing city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/tianjinm.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/00F2D5EC.jfif

east of Tianjin, b/w Tanggu
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/tianjin-east.jpg

Tanggu, the habor of Tianjin
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/tanggu.jpg

Hangu, Ninghe district
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/hangu-ninghe.jpg

Dagang dostrict, southeast of the city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/dagang.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/dagang2.jpg

Jinghai, Wuqing, Baodi districts in Tianjin
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/jinghai.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/wuqing.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/baodi.jpg

Cities from Heilongjiang province, the most north part of China

Harbin city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/harbin-n.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/harbin-s.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/010988AB.jfif



Daqing city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/daqing-se.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/daqing.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/008B08B3.jfif
Qiqihar city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/qiqihar.jpg

Hehei city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/heihe.jpg

Hegang city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/hegang2.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/hegang.jpg

Jiamusi city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/jiamusi2.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/jiamusi.jpg

Jixi city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/jixi2.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/jixi.jpg

Mudanjiang cuity
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/mudanjiang.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/00EB6A31.jfif
Qitaihe city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/qitaihe2.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/qitaihe-west.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/qitaihe.jpg

Tongjiang city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/tongjiang.jpg

Zhaodong city
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/zhaodong.jpg

http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/qiqihar.jpg

Where do you guys get all these aerial photos from? What about Shanghai and Guangzhou?

I got a huge satellite image of whole Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe, 400.7MB. The image is not taken my Landsat, but with the Modis satellites. So this is some parts of China. :)

http://img26.echo.cx/img26/7316/chinamid19ml.jpg
Mid China.

http://img26.echo.cx/img26/3354/chinasouth15rv.jpg
Southern China

http://img115.echo.cx/img115/9064/satelliteshanghaii3kr.jpg
Shanghai

Can anyone get some photos of Wuhan?

Thanks =)

The Shanghai (Pudong) picture above is (c) Spaceimaging and for a picture of Shanghai, especially Pudong, just too old and outdated. The picture is roughly oriented south up.

Outdated, just examples:
The Ocean Aquarium (construction site just east - left - of the TV tower) is open for visitors since 2002.
Zhen Da Guangchang, the largest shopping mall in Asia, also opened in 2002. It is shown above in construction, located southwest (right up) of the TV tower.
In the picture just above the TV tower and the road intersection is the former Lujiazui Food Corner, demolished in 2004.
Shangri-La Hotel Phase 2 - not even begun in the photo, now nearly finished.
Aurora Tower - in the photo just the foundation done, was finished in 2003.
CITIC Tower - 没有。
The new buildings now under construction northwest of the Bank Of China Tower and the Bocom Financial Tower - in the picture just grassy areas.

I did not visit Spaceimaging's website for a long time, but the picture must be from 2000, so it's 5 years old now. For Pudong, that's very old.

WUHAN in Hubei Province:

sorry, i have no satelite pic.

http://www.thesanborns.com/china/xian to wuhan.jpg

http://www.megacities.uni-koeln.de/documentation/wuhan/map/wuhanmap.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/China/CHN-Wuhan-skyscraperpagecom4.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/China/CHN-Wuhan-skyscraperpagecom3.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/China/CHN-Wuhan-skyscraperpagecom2.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/China/CHN-Wuhan-skyscrapercitycom0201031.jpg
^ the foreground is obviously edited, i guess the skyline too(?)

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/China/CHN-Wuhan-modern-citycom1.jpg

http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Tourism/Wuhan-downtown-park-2.jpg
^Downtown Park

http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Tourism/Wuhan-Jiefang-Avenue.jpg
^ Wuhan's Jiefang Avenue

http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Tourism/Wuhan-Lu-Bian-Lake.jpg
^ Wuhan; Lu Bian Lake

http://qianwei.hp.infoseek.co.jp/image/wuhan.jpg

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~thsiang/visit/wuhanu.jpg
^ old library at Wuhan University (2003)

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~thsiang/visit/bell_yct.jpg
^ bell at the Yellow Crane Tower

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~thsiang/visit/yangtze.jpg
^ at Yangtze in 2003

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~thsiang/visit/luxury.jpg

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~thsiang/visit/bookcity.jpg
^ Wuhan Bookcity

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~thsiang/visit/pavilion2.jpg
^ a pavilion at Botanical Gardens

http://www.chem.pku.edu.cn/sslin/Web_Data/Photo/Family/Family_Members/13. WuHan-04o23.JPG

http://www.yangtzeriver.org/wuhan/image/tvtower.jpg

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~thsiang/visit/wuhan.jpg
^ view from Yellow Crane Tower

http://www.oomens.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/10002/Wuhan.jpg

http://www.orthodox.cn/images/wuhan2004.jpg
^ St Alexander Cathedral of Wuhan

http://www.ratsurfer.com/china1/images/wuhan/wuhan_street.jpg

http://www.asiatravel.com/china/wuhan/novotelxinhua/gifs/hotel.jpg
^ Novotel Xin Hua in Wuhan

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The Shanghai (Pudong) picture above is (c) Spaceimaging and for a picture of Shanghai, especially Pudong, just too old and outdated. The picture is roughly oriented south up.

Outdated, just examples:
The Ocean Aquarium (construction site just east - left - of the TV tower) is open for visitors since 2002.
Zhen Da Guangchang, the largest shopping mall in Asia, also opened in 2002. It is shown above in construction, located southwest (right up) of the TV tower.
In the picture just above the TV tower and the road intersection is the former Lujiazui Food Corner, demolished in 2004.
Shangri-La Hotel Phase 2 - not even begun in the photo, now nearly finished.
Aurora Tower - in the photo just the foundation done, was finished in 2003.
CITIC Tower - 没有。
The new buildings now under construction northwest of the Bank Of China Tower and the Bocom Financial Tower - in the picture just grassy areas.

I did not visit Spaceimaging's website for a long time, but the picture must be from 2000, so it's 5 years old now. For Pudong, that's very old.

The image is from 2001, but though its a bit old don't mean you need to critisize it! ;) Its still a good image.

The image is from 2001, but though its a bit old don't mean you need to critisize it! ;) Its still a good image.
I agree that it's a good image. However, it didn't seem to me like he was critizing the picture. He was merely pointing out that the image is outdated and listed buildings that have since then started building or finished building, which I thought was very helpful :)

I agree that it's a good image. However, it didn't seem to me like he was critizing the picture. He was merely pointing out that the image is outdated and listed buildings that have since then started building or finished building, which I thought was very helpful :)

Yesyes i totaly agree. :) My intension was not to critizise him for what he said, but he did sound a bit negative to the image, but perhaps it was just my own stupidity that received his words in a negative way. :)

Yesyes i totaly agree. :) My intension was not to critizise him for what he said, but he did sound a bit negative to the image, but perhaps it was just my own stupidity that received his words in a negative way. :)

Maybe i was too harsh...
My intention was just to point out: The picture is outdated. A fast developing area like Pudong can change the entire skyline in less than 1 year.
As a picture the image is OK, but for documentation or information it has just some historical value.

Some Pudong pics to see why:

2003-09-06
Lujiazui Food Corner (taken from TV tower)
http://www.freefilehosting.net/file.cfm?id=DB721959-FE3E-5F81-B74E01BC68CE8B57

2004-09-18
Lujiazui Food Corner - demolished (taken from TV tower)
http://www.freefilehosting.net/file.cfm?id=DB73E09C-9828-D42A-699D24E8207C9FDC

2004-09-25
Aurora Tower, behind Aurora the CITIC Tower and some residantial buildings under construction - none in the Satellite image above
http://www.freefilehosting.net/file.cfm?id=DB75DB14-E668-4949-E5EA615EE2EC7896

2005-01-10
Left to right:
Pearl of the Orient TV Tower, Bank of China Tower, Bocom Financial Tower (all 3 in the image), the rightmost building is a new skyscraper, not in the image.
http://www.freefilehosting.net/file.cfm?id=DB78C22F-ACA4-9CB3-BF2610EF8A31E319

http://qianwei.hp.infoseek.co.jp/image/wuhan.jpg

Nice place !:)

Most of the biggest Chinese cities can be seen in quite a lot of detail at www.flashearth.com