Satellite Imagery of Eastern US

Wayne Paul wrote:
> Does anyone know how long images are "aged" prior to being made available on
> Google Earth? My guess, based on local construction projects, is about 4
> years.

It varies by region.

Jeremy

On Jan 23, 7:25 am, "Wayne Paul" <w...@soaridaho.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know how long images are "aged" prior to being made available on
> Google Earth?

I believe they use images that are in the public domain, or similar.
So it probably depends on the benevolence of the original owner... I
have no idea how this works with government entities, but perhaps one
has to wait until they 'get around" to putting them somewhere freely
available?

All just guessing, so YMMV

-Tom

5Z wrote:
>
> On Jan 23, 7:25 am, "Wayne Paul" <w...@soaridaho.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone know how long images are "aged" prior to being made available on
>> Google Earth?
>
> I believe they use images that are in the public domain, or similar.
> So it probably depends on the benevolence of the original owner... I
> have no idea how this works with government entities, but perhaps one
> has to wait until they 'get around" to putting them somewhere freely
> available?

They use a mix of public and commercial imagery sources.

Jeremy