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Google Earth Updated?
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Just looking at the tracks on Google Earth, they appear to be updated sometime within the last 4 months.
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I checked my house and I they haven't updated it, as I moved my boat about a year or more ago and Google still shows it in the old spot.
John
"Believe it or not, non-cyclists sometimes think they have something interesting to say!
It may only be some places they've updated. My wife and myself brought a unit in July, it wasn't on Google Earth then, or a few months after, but now it is. It seems that they've updated the maps around RedHill/Oxford Falls/Terry Hills/Ingleside area that contain lots of cool tracks.
Yeah, if you mean they have new hi-res images for certain areas, sure, this is an ongoing process. Mt York got some new images last weekend for example.
You know you're a nerd when you notice pretty much as soon as it happens
As for tracks - well, the 'roads' setting has been quiet good for a while and shows many firetrails and some walking tracks. Doesn't show everywhere we ride though!
I don't have access to Google Earth but are they the same images as the SIX viewer from the Department of Lands?
http://maps.nsw.gov.au/six_viewer.html
They are looking very sharp, and best of all I can see them at work.
Lands NSW had images shot from aircraft (as opposed to satellites) long before Google so doubt they are the same. Esp. as Google made a big deal about the hi-res of Sydney they had shot on Australia Day (it was then, wasn't it?) this year for example.
hasnt been updated my kids blow up swimming pool is in the backyard at my place that was 3 years ago
Kurt