Saturday, December 15, 2007

Google Earth India - Delhi

Google Earth Images of Delhi - India

Safdarjung's Tomb was built by his son 'Shuja-ud-Daulah' for his father 'Mirza Mudim Abul Mansur Khan', also known as Safdarjung.

Safdarjung was an administrator under the Moghul Emperor Muhammed Shah

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Tihar Jail is one of the largest prisons in Asia. A number of high profile inmates are lodged here.

Prison Website


The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was built in 1982 and has a multifacility sports arena. The facility seats 75,000 for football games, and as many as 100,000 for other athletic events, such as track and field, and up to 130,000 for concerts. The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium also houses the headquarter offices of the Indian Olympic Committee. India hosted the first Asian Games in March 1951 in New Delhi and again the 9th Asian Games in 1982 when the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was first constructed.

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Delhi Metro Shastri Park Depot


The Secretariat Building consists of two buildings: the North Block and the South Block. Both the buildings flank the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

  • The South Block houses the Prime Minister Office, Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of External Affairs
  • The North Block primarily houses the Ministry of Finance and the Home Ministry

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The Parliament is the supreme legislative body of India. It comprises of the President and the two Houses—Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.

Parliament Website


Gol Dak Khana which means round post office, was formerly known as Alexandra Place and was the office of the Central Public Works Department till the 1960's.


Harbaksh Stadium - A cricket stadium.


Humayun's Tomb located at Nizamudin East is the rest place for the Emperor Humayun and Barber. The site is an example of Mughal architecture and was believed to be designed by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum.

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Situated on the Rajpath in New Delhi, India Gate (originally called the All India War Memorial) is a monument built by Edwin Lutyens to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in the World War I and the Afghan Wars

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Connaught Place is a central business district of New Delhi, India. It is instantly recognisable on any map of Delhi, being the big circle in the middle with radial roads spreading out in all directions, like spokes on a wheel.

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Delhi College of Engineering (initially established with the name- Delhi Polytechnic) came into existence in the year 1940 to cater the needs of Indian Industries for trained manpower

College Website


Indira Gandhi International is Delhi's International and Domestic Gateway. Delhi Airport has two non-parallel runways: the main runway 10/28 (12,500 ft 3,810 m) and an auxiliary runway 09/27 (9,229 ft 2,813 m). Runway 28 is one of the few runways in Asia equipped with CAT III-B Instrument Landing System.

Airport Website


Gandhi Samadhi - Mahatma Gandhi's cremation ground was turned into a monument in his honour

Gandhi Samadhi Website

Google Earth India - Pune

Google Earth Images of Pune

Yerwada Jail. Some of the prisoners are allowed to go out and work in the surrounding fields under constant watch of the guards.



The Pune Race Course. Managed by the Royal Western India Turf Club RWITC.


Shaniwarwada


St. Vincents High School and Junior College


7 Su-30 K/MK on the tarmac at Lohegaon Air Force Base. (Belonging to the Number - 24 'Hunting Hawk' Squadron)


Holkar Bridge, Khadki


Jogger's Park, Kalyani Nagar


Khadki War Cemetry


Pune University Main Building


Pune Railway Station


A line of Jaguar IM's at Lohegaoon Air Force Base. (Number 6 - 'Dragons' Squadron)


Nehru Stadium


College of Military Engineering


Gultekedi Vegetable market


Harris Bridge


AISSPMS and the Canberra (aircraft)


Boat Club Pool (in blue) near Bund Garden Bridge.


Bund Garden Bridge and the Bund on the Left near Boat Club Road (before they broke it down)



D.Y. Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi, Pune.

Seattle/Tacoma International (SEA)

Passengers : 29,289,026
Runway Length : 11900 ft.
Runway Elevation : 429 ft.
City : Seattle
Country : United States
Airport Website


Seattle-Tacoma International Airport , also known as Sea-Tac Airport, is located in SeaTac, Washington at the intersections of Washington State Route 518, Washington State Route 99 and Washington State Route 509.

It is located about 1.5 miles from Interstate 5. It serves Seattle, Washington and Tacoma, Washington as well as the Seattle metropolitan area.

The airport is a hub for Alaska Airlines and its regional subsidiary Horizon Air and has service to many destinations throughout North America, Europe, and East Asia. It is also a focus city for Northwest Airlines.

Seattle-Tacoma Airport was constructed by the Port of Seattle in 1944 to serve civilians of the region, after the U.S. military took control of Boeing Field for use in World War II.

The Port received $1 million from the Civil Aeronautics Administration to build the airport, and $100,000 from the City of Tacoma. Commercial use of the airport began after the war ended, with the first scheduled flights occurring in 1947.

Seattle/tacoma International on Wikipedia

Toronto, Lester B. Pearson International (YYZ)

Passengers : 29,914,750
Runway Length :
11120 ft.
Runway Elevation : 569 ft.
City : Toronto
Country : Canada
Airport Website


Toronto Pearson International Airport, or Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport, straddling Mississauga's northeastern boundary with neighbouring Toronto, is Canada's busiest airport and part of the National Airports System

The airport first opened in 1939 as Malton Airport. It was renamed Toronto International Airport in 1960, and then to Lester B. Pearson International Airport (LBPIA) in 1984 in honour of Lester B. Pearson, Canada's 14th prime minister.

On December 2, 1996, operational control of the airport passed from the Government of Canada to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) as part of the National Airports Policy.

Toronto, Lester B. Pearson International on Wikipedia

Miami International Airport (MIA)

Passengers : 31,008,453
Runway Length :
13000 ft.
Runway Elevation : 11 ft.
City : Miami
Country : United States
Airport Website



Miami International Airport , is a major airport located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida between the cities of Miami, Hialeah, Doral, and Miami Springs, the village of Virginia Gardens, and the unincorporated community of Fountainbleau.


MIA was opened to flights in 1928 as Pan American Field, the operating base of Pan American Airways Corporation, on the north side of the modern airport property.

After Pan Am acquired the New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line, it shifted most of its operations to the Dinner Key seaplane base, leaving Pan Am Field largely unused until Eastern Air Lines began flying there in 1934, followed by National Airlines in 1937.

Miami International Airport on Wikipedia

Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT)

Passengers : 31,451,274
Runway Length :
13123 ft.
Runway Elevation : 141 ft.
City : Tokyo
Country : Japan
Airport Website


Narita International Airport is an international airport located in Narita, Chiba, Japan, in the eastern portion of the Greater Tokyo Area.

Narita handles the majority of international passenger traffic to and from Japan, and is also a major connecting point for air traffic between Asia and the Americas.


In 1962, the Japanese government began investigating possible alternatives to the crowded Haneda Airport, and proposed a "New Tokyo International Airport" to take over Haneda's international flights. The rapid postwar growth of Tokyo caused a shortage of available flat land in the Kantō region, so the only viable location for the airport was in rural Chiba Prefecture.

Narita International Airport on Wikipedia

Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)

Passengers : 31,495,385
Runway Length :
10,506 ft.
Runway Elevation : 36 ft.
City : Philadelphia
Country : United States
Airport Website



Philadelphia International Airport is an airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the largest airport in the Delaware Valley region.


Starting in 1925, the Pennsylvania Air National Guard used the PHL site (historically known as Hog Island) as a training field for its pilots.

The site was dedicated as the "Philadelphia Municipal Airport" by Charles Lindbergh in 1927.

However, there was no proper terminal building until 1940, so airlines used an airfield in nearby Camden, New Jersey. Once the terminal was completed, four airlines (American, Eastern, TWA, and United) started flights to the airport.

Philadelphia International Airport on Wikipedia

Singapore Changi (SIN)

Passengers : 32,430,856
Runway Length : 13200 ft.
Runway Elevation : 65 ft.
City : Singapore
Country : Singapore
Airport Website


Singapore Changi Airport, or simply Changi Airport is a major aviation hub in Asia, particularly in the Southeast Asian region, and is the main stop-over point for the kangaroo route with over 3.6 million passengers per annum on the Singapore-Australia sector alone.


Growth in the global aviation transport was felt in Singapore, where Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar, Singapore's third civilian airport after Seletar Airport (from 1930 to 1937) and Kallang Airport (from 1937 to 1955), was facing congestion problems.

Opened in 1955 with a single runway and a small passenger terminal, its inability to cope with the rising traffic became critical by the 1970s, when passenger numbers rose dramatically from 300,000 to 1,700,000 passengers annually in 1970, and then to 4,000,000 annually in 1975.

Singapore Changi on Wikipedia