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Google Satellite Views
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:19 pm
by oldranger
Has anyone else/noticed that google updates sat. pics even if they provide less data than the previous year? The display of snow covered terrain certainly is not much help in determining whether a route will go when the snow is gone.
I guess I have too much free time!
Mike
Re: Google Satellite Views
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:33 pm
by rlown
yes they do.. the official response i got from them was "we don't necessarily control when an area is scanned." hence, I use their "view/historical imagery" capability to flip back to a reasonable pic of the area I want to view.
Re: Google Satellite Views
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:21 am
by frediver
Historical views I thought only worked in G.Earth, would be nice if it worked in G.Maps as well.
Re: Google Satellite Views
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:16 pm
by rlown
It would be nice. Since it doesn't, I do my map work in the garmin mapsource tool, produce a KMZ file and project it into Goggle Earth. Then i tweak my route in the tool endlessly until I get what I want. And in GE, i can basically fly the route with the imagery i want (no snow).
Re: Google Satellite Views
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:01 pm
by SSSdave
The updates the last few years have been rather useless for the higher mountains as they show too much snow. Use December 2005.