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Street view update

Started by J Route Z, July 25, 2021, 01:41:36 AM

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J Route Z

How often does Google Maps update Street View? I remember 2019 imagery took a year, but this time it seems like it is taking longer, especially for the eastern US.


tolbs17

Yeah, it's a pain in the ass. They have seem to got the west just fine, but the eastern states such as North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, need updating.

Also I think this thread is better posted in General Highway Talk.

Roadgeekteen

It really depends. Some places have 2021 imagery and some places have 2009 imagery.
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WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 12:45:06 PM
It really depends. Some places have 2021 imagery and some places have 2009 imagery.

And of course, some places still have the original 2007 imagery that looks like it was captured using a potato.
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Roadgeekteen

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on July 25, 2021, 01:10:43 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 12:45:06 PM
It really depends. Some places have 2021 imagery and some places have 2009 imagery.

And of course, some places still have the original 2007 imagery that looks like it was captured using a potato.
Two-lane highways in the west have this issue sometimes, even US highways.
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tolbs17

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on July 25, 2021, 01:10:43 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 12:45:06 PM
It really depends. Some places have 2021 imagery and some places have 2009 imagery.

And of course, some places still have the original 2007 imagery that looks like it was captured using a potato.
I also wonder why the quality is terrible in that imagery.

Scott5114

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 04:25:52 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on July 25, 2021, 01:10:43 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 12:45:06 PM
It really depends. Some places have 2021 imagery and some places have 2009 imagery.

And of course, some places still have the original 2007 imagery that looks like it was captured using a potato.
I also wonder why the quality is terrible in that imagery.

Good-quality digital cameras were a lot more expensive in 2007 than they are now.
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tolbs17

Quote from: Scott5114 on July 25, 2021, 05:34:39 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 04:25:52 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on July 25, 2021, 01:10:43 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 12:45:06 PM
It really depends. Some places have 2021 imagery and some places have 2009 imagery.

And of course, some places still have the original 2007 imagery that looks like it was captured using a potato.
I also wonder why the quality is terrible in that imagery.

Good-quality digital cameras were a lot more expensive in 2007 than they are now.
Cameras are still expensive when looking at them here.

Scott5114

Those cameras are a lot better than what was available in 2007.
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tolbs17

Quote from: Scott5114 on July 25, 2021, 05:42:32 PM
Those cameras are a lot better than what was available in 2007.
I see now.

https://www.google.com/streetview/explore/

So for North Carolina it's from March to December....

kphoger

I assume it gets updated whenever another GSV driver goes down that highway.

Why can't it just be as simple as that?
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tolbs17

Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2021, 06:18:03 PM
I assume it gets updated whenever another GSV driver goes down that highway.

Why can't it just be as simple as that?
Yes, but it takes months to process.

kphoger

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tolbs17


Roadgeekteen

Also I wish that google would explore more "wild" countries, such as sub Saharan Africa.
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tolbs17

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 07:17:33 PM
Also I wish that google would explore more "wild" countries, such as sub Saharan Africa.
Or North Korea.

adventurernumber1

Most to all of US 21 in South Carolina from I-95 (Exit 42) north to SC 64 still has 2008 street-view, but once you pass that intersection there is updated GMSV from 2015 - although, this is in a pretty rural area.

It's all about perspective, when GMSV first came out perhaps around 2007, the image quality looked crystal-clear, but 14 years later with vastly improved technology and being used to much better images, the older street-view just doesn't look the same anymore.  :-D

But nonetheless, it's a treat. And if there's both 2007 and up-to-date street view, that's a neat way to see how the road and/or scenery has changed in those 14 years. They used to have a similar feature on Google Earth where you could see historical satellite, and after a series of updates the past few years, the feature appears to be lost. If only that was still around..  :hmmm:
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tolbs17

Quote from: adventurernumber1 on July 25, 2021, 07:22:14 PM
Most to all of US 21 in South Carolina from I-95 (Exit 42) north to SC 64 still has 2008 street-view, but once you pass that intersection there is updated GMSV from 2015 - although, this is in a pretty rural area.

It's all about perspective, when GMSV first came out perhaps around 2007, the image quality looked crystal-clear, but 14 years later with vastly improved technology and being used to much better images, the older street-view just doesn't look the same anymore.  :-D

But nonetheless, it's a treat. And if there's both 2007 and up-to-date street view, that's a neat way to see how the road and/or scenery has changed in those 14 years. They used to have a similar feature on Google Earth where you could see historical satellite, and after a series of updates the past few years, the feature appears to be lost. If only that was still around..  :hmmm:
I wonder how do you bring the NCDOT imagery onto Google Earth? I know Charlotte, Fayetteville, and Raleigh areas got new imagery (which are only a few months old) but Greenville still has the 2018 imagery with the Southwest Bypass and 10th st connector under construction.

adventurernumber1

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 07:21:47 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 07:17:33 PM
Also I wish that google would explore more "wild" countries, such as sub Saharan Africa.
Or North Korea.

I imagine at that point the obstacle might be conflict with the governments of those countries (especially somewhere like North Korea), since Google has already got extensive street-view in a number of countries across the globe now, which is definitely nice.
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tolbs17

Quote from: adventurernumber1 on July 25, 2021, 07:26:31 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 07:21:47 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 07:17:33 PM
Also I wish that google would explore more "wild" countries, such as sub Saharan Africa.
Or North Korea.

I imagine at that point the obstacle might be conflict with the governments of those countries (especially somewhere like North Korea), since Google has already got extensive street-view in a number of countries across the globe now, which is definitely nice.
I don't think Syria, or Iran would be countries that would get street view. Even India Because

1. Syria has a war going on and we have no embassy with them.
2. We have no embassy for Iran.
3. India said "no" to capturing street view there.

Scott5114

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Quote from: adventurernumber1 on July 25, 2021, 07:26:31 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 07:21:47 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 07:17:33 PM
Also I wish that google would explore more "wild" countries, such as sub Saharan Africa.
Or North Korea.

I imagine at that point the obstacle might be conflict with the governments of those countries (especially somewhere like North Korea), since Google has already got extensive street-view in a number of countries across the globe now, which is definitely nice.


I remember reading a trip report from someone who drove from Lubumbashi to Kinshasa sometime in the last decade. It took them a few weeks, and they barely made it because the roads were so bad. Their Land Rover physically broke midway through the journey and it was a major ordeal to get replacement parts (because the auto parts stores were in either Lubumbashi or Kinshasa and they had a hard time finding anyone else who was able and willing to make the trip to middle-of-nowhere DR Congo).

Places like that are unlikely to be covered by Google anytime soon because of the danger and expense of doing so, with comparatively little return (if those countries can't yet manage to build passable roads between their largest cities, they're probably not in a place to offer Internet connections to the people along those roads either, so Google's not going to be able to sell enough ads in those places to make it worth offering Street View coverage.
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tolbs17

Quote from: Scott5114 on July 25, 2021, 07:39:33 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on July 25, 2021, 07:26:31 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 07:21:47 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on July 25, 2021, 07:17:33 PM
Also I wish that google would explore more "wild" countries, such as sub Saharan Africa.
Or North Korea.

I imagine at that point the obstacle might be conflict with the governments of those countries (especially somewhere like North Korea), since Google has already got extensive street-view in a number of countries across the globe now, which is definitely nice.


I remember reading a trip report from someone who drove from Lubumbashi to Kinshasa sometime in the last decade. It took them a few weeks, and they barely made it because the roads were so bad. Their Land Rover physically broke midway through the journey and it was a major ordeal to get replacement parts (because the auto parts stores were in either Lubumbashi or Kinshasa and they had a hard time finding anyone else who was able and willing to make the trip to middle-of-nowhere DR Congo).
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-travel-advisory.html

And I'm pretty sure it's all dirt roads. Republic of Congo is definitely safer.

kphoger

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Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 07:28:34 PM
I don't think Syria, or Iran would be countries that would get street view. Even India Because

1. Syria has a war going on and we have no embassy with them.
2. We have no embassy for Iran.
3. India said "no" to capturing street view there.

How would lack of a US embassy in a country prevent someone from driving a GSV car there?  Or just, you know, driving around in Iran with a selfie stick out the window and uploading the imagery to Google?
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Stephane Dumas

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 02:11:46 AM
Yeah, it's a pain in the ass. They have seem to got the west just fine, but the eastern states such as North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, need updating.

Also I think this thread is better posted in General Highway Talk.

Some places in Canada need also updates. The Deh Cho bridge is opened since 2012 and they didn't updated when they surveyed in 2009.

Now if only Google streetview cover the James Bay road and the Trans-Labrador highway...

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: Stephane Dumas on July 27, 2021, 10:57:37 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 02:11:46 AM
Yeah, it's a pain in the ass. They have seem to got the west just fine, but the eastern states such as North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, need updating.

Also I think this thread is better posted in General Highway Talk.

Some places in Canada need also updates. The Deh Cho bridge is opened since 2012 and they didn't updated when they surveyed in 2009.

Now if only Google streetview cover the James Bay road and the Trans-Labrador highway...
I would also like more wild road coverage in Canada. I like looking at remote places on GSV.
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