Google Earth Sri Lanka
Google Earth Images of Sri Lanka
Google Earth lets you visit places without meeting the locals. Which is sad since quite a bit of context of the places are missed. I’ve tried to compensate with these blog posts about the places visited on Google Earth. The latest post is listed first.
2009
- LTTE’s human shields: April 2009 satellite images of refugees trapped by terrorist
- Terrorist held areas in Sri Lanka – Mullativu Google Earth
- Last terrorist stronghold in Sri Lanka from Google Earth (Palamattalam/Puthumathalan area north of Mullativu)
- Anuradapura Sri Lanka Air Force base: updated Google Earth view (unofficial SLAF day post)
2008
- Vavuniya Special Forces HQ from Google Earth
- Trincomalee Sri Lanka Navy Docks
- Sri Lanka Navy operation site – North Western Sri Lanka
- LTTE graveyard Mulankavil
- LTTE suicide bomber training camp from Google Earth
- How to track commercial spy satellites over Sri Lanka
- War Story Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka air force helicopter gun-ships Vavuniya – Military bases Google Earth
- Terrorist base from Google Earth?
- Sri Lankan Navy craft off Jaffna Google Earth
- LTTE Sea Tiger / Sri Lanka Navy craft? visible on Google Earth
- Muhamalai Exit/entry point to LTTE held territory on Google Earth
- Forward Defence Lines, Nagar Kovil, Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka
- Muhamalai Forward Defence Lines, Jaffna peninsula Google Earth image
- LTTE X-Ray base location area, Google Earth image
2007
- Vellamullavaikkal/Ellamulavaikkal LTTE base Google Earth
- Utopian travels in Rural Sri Lanka – Google Earth view: Lamasooriya village geo blogged
- Eelam House, London. Not in Sri Lanka (physically) but what the heck, its MY blog
- Padaviya on Google Earth: travels of a Sri Lankan medicall student & blogger (doctor 0.5)
- Armoured vehicles of Elephant pass
- Omanthai Crossing Point
- Urban public housing in Sri Lanka: a childhood’s view (Summit flats, Colombo)
- LTTE artillery position Kalmunai point near Pooneryn
- Iranamadu – smaller LTTE airstrip
- Thoppigala mountain, LTTE gravesite
- Punchi theatre Colombo
- Colombo Museum
- Used bookshops Colombo
- Buddhist Temples Colombo – Asokaramaya
- Udappuwa / Udappu Sri Lanka
- LTTE airstrip Iranamadu - got quite a few comments
- Castle Hotel, Slave Island
- First “official” geoblog post: St. Lucia’s Cathedral, Kotahena, Colombo and how it all started. I don’t know the “why” of it.
- Barefoot Cafe Colombo (the prototype)
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- Asokaramaya Buddhist Temple (Geoblogging Colombo Sri Lanka) « Cerno
- Punchi theatre from 154metres (Geoblogged) « Cerno
- Views of Thoppigala mountain (possibly) and surrounding area « Cerno
- Cerno Kalmunai point (LTTE artillery position?) near Pooneryn «
- Summit Flats Colombo « Cerno
- Vellamullavaikkal/Ellamulavaikkal LTTE base Google Earth « Cerno
- Helicopter cockpit view of Colombo « Cerno
- Blackberries, Beaches and Blessings. « Kalusudda Comments
- Mobile blogging « Cerno
- LTTE’s smaller airstrip, Iranamadu « Cerno
