Google Earth locations showing selected changes over time

Page last modified 26/11/2021

Notes on this table

Type of change, (ToC), colour code below

x	Urban sprawl	x	Lake level change	x	Topocide
x	Urban renewal	x	(Coastal) subsidence	x	Urban depopulation
x	Road construction			x	Rural depopulation
x	Deindustrialisation	x	Coastal erosion	x	River evolution
x	Quarries	x	Coastal accretion	x	Drought
		x	Coastal uplift
		x	Delta growth	x	Land reclamation

Alt� - optimum altitude (in kilometres) for viewing)

Co-ordinates � can be directly copied and pasted into Google Earth

Year � optimum year for comparison with present day (may not be oldest available on GE) 43 lines per page� = 4.6 pp = approx.. 198 places

Please email us at hillshaw@aol.com if you know of any other interestingly-changed locations visible on Google Earth

ToC	Place	State	Alt	Co-ordinates	Year
x	Ano Porocan	Albania	2.0	40 56 10 N 20 17 15 E	2007
x	Pequin	Albania	2.5	41 02 07 N 19 48 03 E	2002
x	Borjd Bou Arreridj	Algeria	1.8	36 02 56 N 4 41 09 E	2001
x	Algiers	Algeria	0.7	36 45 42 N 3 13 05 E	2004
x	Villa Mercedes	Argentina	11.0	33 33 25 S 65 19 30 W	1984
x	Guamini	Argentina	87.0	36 58 31 S 62 19 37 W	2000
x	Rio Grande	Argentina	8.6	53 47 25 S 67 44 11 W	2000
x	Warkworth	Australia	10.0	32 34 11 S 150 59 48 E	2002
x	Achensee	Austria	2.4	47 25 46 N 11 43 57 E	2000
	Chilov Is (Caspian)	Azerbaijan	13.0	40 19 09 N 50 35 12 E	1984
x	Daganbhuiyan	Bangladesh	12.0	22 55 35 N 91 20 27 E	2007
x	Dhigir Par Bazar	Bangladesh	15.7	23 25 10 N 90 32 58 E	2002
x	Madwa	Bangladesh	15.2	23 26 24 N 90 16 27 E	2007
x	Charleroi	Belgium	2.6	50 23 44 N 4 22 11 E	2004
x	Charleroi	Belgium	3.0	50 28 35 N 4 21 44 E	2004
x	Estaimpuis	Belgium	0.4	50 42 33 N 3 15 11 E	1999
x	Antwerp	Belgium	9.0	51 16 53 N 4 16 24 E	1985
x	Mohammadpur	Bangladesh	1.6	23 46 35 N 90 20 23 E	2003
x	La Paz	Bolivia	6.0	16 29 37 S 68 15 15 W	2002
x	Lake Poopo	Bolivia	170.0	18 48 53 S 67 01 30 W	1970
x	Warman	Canada	5.0	52 19 14 N 106 34 31 W	2004
	Kashgar	China	27.0	39 27 55 N 76 00 07 E	1995
x	Beijing	China	6.5	40 02 35 N 116 37 04 E	2003
x	Mongolian border	China		48 00 56 N 118 16 16 E	2004
x	Lhasa	China - Tibet	5.0	29 37 21 N 91 04 08 E	2003
x	Kindu Port Empain	Congo Dem Rep	0.5	2 57 02 S 25 55 54 E	2003
x	Odense	Denmark	1.3	55 00 46 N 10 18 34 E	2005
x	Agerso	Denmark	2.4	55 14 42 N 11 10 37 E	2005
x	Ansager	Denmark	1.5	55 41 59 N 8 42 08 E	2005
x	Skodsberg	Denmark	0.5	55 49 37 N 12 33 50 E	2003
x	Holstebro	Denmark	7.3	56 22 53 N 8 40 13 E	2005
x	Redsted	Denmark	3.4	56 43 11 N 8 38 35 E	2005
x		Dominican Rep	18.0	18 30 37 N 71 45 27 W	2004
x	El Ein El Sukhna	Egypt	3.3	29 26 12 N 32 29 06 E	2003
x	Cairo	Egypt	24.7	30 02 39 N 31 20 15 E	1972
x	Nile delta	Egypt	82.0	31 03 22 N 32 47 12 E	1972
x	NW Nantes	France	2.7	47 14 16 N 1 39 28 W	2003
x	Loire Atlantique	France	2.5	47 21 45 N 1 30 20 W	2002
x	Epegny	France	2.1	47 26 24 N 5 04 07 E	2004
x	Strasbourg	France	2.4	48 32 33 N 7 39 29 E	2007
x	Sangatte	France	1.2	50 55 35 N, 1 42 30 E	2002
x	Ravensburg	Germany	1.7	47 45 10 N 9 35 42 E	2000
x	Freissing	Germany	1.4	48 23 14 N 11 44 16 E	2001
x	Dessau-Breslau	Germany	2.0	51 49 39 N 12 13 24 E	2000
x	Zeesen	Germany	1.2	52 16 11 N 13 37 38 E	2000
x	Berlin	Germany	1.1	52 25 45 N 13 32 46 E	2000
x	Rhodes	Greece	0.2	36 04 58 N, 28 05 26 E	2002
x	Lesbos	Greece	0.2	39 12 27 N, 26 12 19 E	2002
x	Port au Prince	Haiti	1.1	18 32 23 N 72 21 23 W	2001
x	Patna	India	83.0	25 41 27 N 85 01 41 E	1984
x		Indonesia	20.0	5 56 48 S 107 03 23 E	1984
	Gallugah (Caspian)	Iran	50.0	36 49 48 N 53 37 49 E	1984
x	Lake Urmia	Iran	240.0	37 38 27 N 45 29 05 E	1984
x	Dublin	Ireland	2.1	53 22 40 N 6 19 34 W	2002
x	En Gedi	Israel	29.0	31 23 45 N 35 27 59 E	1984
x	La Spezia	Italy	2.0	44 05 56 N 9 49 03 E	2006
x	Chivasso	Italy	2.8	45 10 50 N 7 52 22 E	2004
x	Tomakomai	Japan	1.7	42 41 00 N 141 41 24 E	2002
x	Amman	Jordan	1.6	31 53 39 N 36 00 44 E	2000
x	Mangystan (Caspian)	Kazakhstan	250.0	44 59 11 N 53 51 06 E	1984
x	Aral Sea	Kazakhstan	600.0	45 02 03 N 60 05 29 E	1973
x	Khiran City	Kuwait	17.3	28 40 31 N 48 20 43 E	2004
x	Nouakchott	Mauritania	2.9	18 06 50 N 15 57 51 W	2002
x	Kamma	Myanmar	15.2	19 02 40 N 95 06 39 E	2004
x	Bogenfels	Namibia	3.0	27 27 47 S 15 24 29 E	2003
x	Rotterdam	Netherlands	3.3	51 50 45 N 4 31 31 E	2007
x	Rotterdam	Netherlands	8.7	51 58 13 N 4 28 51 E	2008
x	Amersfoort	Netherlands	3.2	52 11 24 N 5 25 07 E	2005
x	Mossenest	Netherlands	1.5	52 15 46 N 4 30 98 N	2005
x	Ruiten Aa	Netherlands	1.3	52 55 31 N 7 07 07 E	2005
x	Noordenhaaks	Netherlands	12.3	52 58 39 N 4 40 51 E	1990
x	Niue	Niue	0.7	18 57 47 S 169 49 43 W	2004
x	Quryat	Oman	1.8	23 15 17 N, 58 55 21 E	2002
x	As Sifah	Oman	4.4	23 24 45 N, 58 47 33 E	2002
x	Yiti	Oman	2.7	23 32 28 N, 58 40 11 E	2004
x	Khasab	Oman	5.0	26 12 10 N, 56 15 06 E	2001
x	Gaddani	Pakistan	1.1	25 07 34 N 66 44 11 E	2004
x	Kolobrzeg	Poland	1.7	54 11 37 N 15 38 16 E	2007
x	Umm Said	Qatar	7.8	24 38 43 N 51 24 17 E	2005
x	Woody Island	S China Sea	4.7	16 50 05 N 112 20 19 E	2005
x	Red Sea	Saudi Arabia	8.1	27 25 53 N 49 17 43 E	2002
x	Red Sea	Saudi Arabia	9.6	27 46 11 N 48 50 31 E	2004
x	Red Sea	Saudi Arabia	12.0	28 05 49 N 34 44 19 E	2002
x	Singapore	Singapore	35.0	1 14 49 N 103 43 59 E	1984
x	Hruba Borsa	Slovakia	2.9	48 10 50 N 17 29 23 E	2010
x	Novy Svet	Slovakia	2.9	48 13 16 N 17 29 36 E	2006
x	Cfer	Slovakia	2.8	48 19 19 N 17 28 52 E	2005
x	San Pedro d�Pinatar	Spain	3.9	37 53 30 N 0 58 09 W	2003
x	Ciudad Quesada	Spain	2.6	38 03 07 N 0 43 06 W	2002
x	Alicante	Spain	1.7	38 23 44 N 0 24 48 W	2002
x	Valencia	Spain	7.7	39 26 50 N 0 19 06 W	2001
x	Museros	Spain	8.0	39 34 36 N 0 19 39 W	2003
x	Madrid	Spain	4.6	40 29 56 N 3 43 02 W	2002
x	Laholm	Sweden	1.0	56 32 44 N 12 57 06 E	2002
x	Northern Baltic	Sweden	120.0	65 38 36 N 22 11 11 E	2002
x	Tavannes	Switzerland	4.1	47 10 40 N 7 12 58 E	2003
x	Zurich	Switzerland	3.5	47 22 57 N 8 40 34 E	2002
x	Eglisau	Switzerland	3.3	47 35 47 N 8 30 45 E	2002
x	Bangkok	Thailand	0.9	13 30 59 N 100 33 56 E	2002
x	Bangkok	Thailand	2.0	13 32 41 N 100 34 52 E	2002
x	Nakham Chai Si	Thailand	2.4	13 51 46 N 100 16 23 E	2002
x	Kas	Turkey	0.4	36 12 12 N, 29 38 23 E	2001
x	Izmit	Turkey	2.0	40 44 22 N 29 56 54 E	2007
x	Istanbul	Turkey	17.0	41 05 52 N 28 48 07 E	1984
x	Garabogaz (Caspian)	Turkmenistan	100.0	41 06 47 N 52 57 36 E	1984
x	Dawlish	UK	2.7	50 35 29 N 3 27 35 W	1945
x	Exmouth	UK	2.8	50 36 28 N 3 25 48 W	1945
x	Sheppey	UK	1.7	51 22 12 N 0 55 40 E	2003
x	Sheppey	UK	3.5	51 23 41 N 0 47 28 E	2003
x	Kent	UK	4.0	51 24 27 N 0 40 10 E	2003
x	Corsham (Wilts.)	UK	2.0	51 25 38 N 2 12 05 W	1945
x	Portishead	UK	4.0	51 29 19 N 2 45 18 W	1999
x	Plumstead, London	UK	3.8	51 30 14 N 0 07 09 E	1945
x	Thurrock	UK	3.5	51 30 47 N 0 29 07 E	1999
x	Olympics, London	UK	3.5	51 32 19 N, 0 00 59 W	1945
x	Enfield, London	UK	3.1	51 38 56 N 0 03 21 W	1945
x	Kemble (Wilts.)	UK	12.0	51 39 20 N 1 56 25 W	1986
x	Berkampstead	UK	4.0	51 45 53 N 0 35 06 W	1945
x	Hatfield (Herts.)	UK	4.4	51 46 11 N 0 14 59 W	2000
x	Tollesbury	UK	1.2	51 46 50 N 0 50 50 E	2000
	Aylesbury	UK	2.7	51 47 59 N 0 43 00 W	1945
x	Aylesbury	UK	3.2	51 49 11� N 0 49 24 W�	1945
x	Bishops Cleeve	UK	3.8	51 56 50 N 2 03 30 W	1945
x	Hereford	UK	1.6	52 00 35 N 2 42 44 W	2001
x	Milton Keynes	UK	5.3	52 01 41 N 0 40 52 W	1945
x	Milton Keynes	UK	5.7	52 03 17 N 0 48 57 W	1945
x	Worcester	UK	4.1	52 11 19 N 2 15 41 W	1945
x	Northampton	UK	6.1	52 12 53 N 0 52 28 W	1945
x	Worcester	UK	3.0	52 13 05 N 2 13 06 W	1945
x	Daventry	UK	3.7	52 15 33 N 1 09 25 W	1945
x	Coventry	UK	5.0	52 16 29 N 1 32 25 W	1945
x	Rushden	UK	5.9	52 17 59 N 0 35 42 W	1945
x	Godmanchester	UK	4.8	52 19 14 N 0 09 55 W	1945
x	Huntingdon	UK	3.9	52 19 15 N 0 13 37 W	1945
x	St Ives (Cambs.)	UK	7.8	52 19 23 N 0 01 10 W	1945
x	East Anglia	UK	0.6	52 20 39 N 1 41 18 E	1945
x	Raunds	UK	3.2	52 21 52 N 0 34 08 W	1945
x	Kettering	UK	5.7	52 23 12 N 0 41 30 W	1945
x	Birmingham	UK	3.3	52 23 32 N 1 52 58 W	1945
x	Birmingham	UK	5.1	52 23 33 N 1 47 09 W	1945
x	Coventry	UK	2.0	52 24 43 N 1 36 02 W	1999
x	Meriden	UK	2.2	52 26 19 N 1 39 41 W	1999
x	Desborough	UK	1.8	52 26 52 N 0 41 23 W	2004
x	Littleport	UK	1.9	52 27 11 N 0 17 57 E	1999
x	Peterborough	UK	5.7	52 32 56 N 0 17 57 W	1945
x	Birmingham	UK	5.4	52 35 02 N 1 42 38 W	1945
x	Birmingham	UK	3.4	52 37 15 N 1 56 04 W	1945
x	Lichfield	UK	1.4	52 40 38 N 1 50 28 W	2003
x	Telford	UK	2.0	52 42 03 N 2 28 32 W	1999
x	Cannock	UK	1.6	52 42 48 N 2 02 39 W	2003
x	Derbyshire	UK	5.0	52 44 33 N 1 42 16 W	2003
x	Shrewsbury	UK	2.3	52 44 43 N 2 43 55 W	1999
x	Swadlincote	UK	3.1	52 45 12 N 1 32 39 W	1999
x	East Anglia	UK	1.2	52 49 23 N 1 32 19 E	1999
x	East Anglia	UK	0.4	52 53 55 N 1 23 15 E	1999
x	Nottingham	UK	1.9	53 00 58 N 0 58 23 W	2000
x	Clipstone	UK	1.0	53 09 45 N 1 06 29 W	2000
x	Lincolnshire	UK	1.5	53 17 13 N 0 32 53 W	2003
x	Gainsborough	UK	0.8	53 23 56 N 0 46 19 W	2003
x	Manchester	UK	2.2	53 29 05 N 2 12 04 W	2000
x	Manchester	UK	2.4	53 30 37 N 2 18 05 W	2000
x	Manchester	UK	1.0	53 31 11 N 2 01 46 W	2000
x	South Yorkshire	UK	1.7	53 32 24 N 1 02 06 W	2002
x	Scunthorpe	UK	1.5	53 33 40 N 0 37 06 W	2003
x	Grimethorpe	UK	4.0	53 34 13 N 1 22 53 W	2003
x	Scunthorpe	UK	2.0	53 36 13 N 0 38 52 W	2003
x	West Yorkshire	UK	1.8	53 39 23 N 1 31 16 W	1999
x	Holderness	UK	0.6	53 41 37 N 0 04 42 E	2003
x	Wakefield	UK	1.2	53 41 47 N 1 29 55 W	2002
x	West Yorkshire	UK	2.2	53 42 15 N 1 22 54 W	2002
x	Hull	UK	0.7	53 44 43 N 0 20 52.66 W	2003
x	Leeds	UK	2.0	53 44 43 N 1 31 51 W	2002
x	Castleford	UK	3.3	53 44 58 N 1 24 22 W	2002
x	Ulrome	UK	0.6	53 59 17 N 0 12 16 W	2003
x	Texas	USA	3.5	31 13 24 N 102 43 44 W	1996
x	Las Vegas	USA	16.0	36 05 14 N 115 08 12 W	2003
x	Las Vegas	USA	10.0	36 17 22 N 115 18 35 W	2003
x	Chesapeake Bay	USA	2.0	37 45 51 N 75 47 57 W	1994
x	Chicago	USA	4.5	41 33 26 N 88 13 42 W	1993
x	Chicago	USA	6.1	41 43 01 N 88 25 32 W	1993
x	Chicago	USA	6.1	41 45 59 N 88 24 48 W	1993
x	North Dakota	USA	29.0	47 55 39 N 98 25 31 W	1998
x	Lake Dall	USA-Alaska	60.0	60 17 22 N 163 40 02 W	1984
x	Aden	Yemen	8.5	12 49 07 N 44 59 03 E	2001

Notes on this table

Type of change, (ToC) colour code below

x	Urban sprawl	x	Lake level change	x	Topocide
x	Urban renewal	x	(Coastal) subsidence	x	Urban depopulation
x	Road construction			x	Rural depopulation
x	Deindustrialisation	x	Coastal erosion	x	River evolution
x	Quarries	x	Coastal accretion	x	Drought
		x	Coastal uplift
		x	Delta growth	x	Land reclamation

Alt� - optimum altitude (in kilometres) for viewing)

Co-ordinates � can be directly copied and pasted into Google Earth

Year � optimum year for comparison with present day (may not be oldest available on GE)

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Please email us at hillshaw@aol.com if you know of any other interestingly-changed locations visible on Google Earth