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Is 72,200 gigabytes as much as The Google Earth database?

It's about as much as The Google Earth database
The amount of The Google Earth database is about 72,200 gigabytes.
(2006 figures) (raw imagery and indexes storage)
As of 2006, Google was storing 72,200 gigabytes of raw image and index data for its satellite photo and virtual globe application, Google Earth. The application offers high resolution satellite imagery of 60% of the populated areas of the world, according to 2010 estimates.
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