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Old 06-28-2005, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Kathleen
That's because the images are not "real time". It's a global data base and it's only as good as the latest survey taken from the air.
Yeah, I know.

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Most of the images are between a year and 5 years old. This stuff is getting updated constantly though - so checking back in a few months is a good idea.
Google seems to use a mixture of aerial photos and satellite photos. The village I live in only has satellite photos on there so you can just hardly make out houses. I know aerial photos exist, but maybe Google didn't want to pay for them.

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