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Massive Google Earth Image Update

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google earth is out of date. it's showing buildings that haven't been around for a year now where there's a publix at the present time. it's neat and all, but if it's that far out of date what's the point? obviously the areas were mapped at one point, just not updated.

i can see my vw gti tho. too bad i sold it a couple years ago.
 
Originally posted by: fisher
google earth is out of date. it's showing buildings that haven't been around for a year now where there's a publix at the present time. it's neat and all, but if it's that far out of date what's the point? obviously the areas were mapped at one point, just not updated.

i can see my vw gti tho. too bad i sold it a couple years ago.
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I'm glad I read the thread before I attempted to download it... (on dial-up).

All I'd see is a lot of green between me and anyplace that has broadband.... and I wouldn't even get a close-up recent picture of my land that I already know what it looks like.
 
Originally posted by: fisher
google earth is out of date. it's showing buildings that haven't been around for a year now where there's a publix at the present time. it's neat and all, but if it's that far out of date what's the point? obviously the areas were mapped at one point, just not updated.

i can see my vw gti tho. too bad i sold it a couple years ago.
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My city was done in the past 6 months (Springfield, IL)

But Park City Utah is over 3 years old.

It's not all the same. Some images are older, some newer. It all depends on what images the Sat imaging company had to sell.
 
The city I live in has been updated with high-res mapping, yay!! Before, you wouldn't have been able to make out a mile-wide spaceship sitting in the middle of town if you had to.
 
for Albany,NY the photos are still over 2 years old, and
for slightly east of Albany, the photos are still Low resolution,
you can't even see buildings in East Greenbush, Rensselaer, etc.

I guess the Albany area doesn't rate updated pics,LOL.
 
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