Comments on: Google Maps Meets Enemy Of The State

By: oldm8

oldm8 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:15:33 +0000

Although the satelitte imagery maybe “aged” it is more upto date than some of the road maps available.
As for the street view being intrusive, I live in a remote rural community and street view here is not available so I don’t find it intrusive at all, and any personal detail seen in street view is out of focus; vehicle number plates & faces are all blurred.

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Solid State Nimmitz ~ Windows Fanatics — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:39:29 +0000

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By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:45:18 +0000

the Street View, on the other hand, is in fact truly impressive.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:41:52 +0000

the satellite imagery in google maps is almost 5 years old now…

By: D

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:03:15 +0000

I have to agree with llsee. Went on vacation about a month ago. On the way back to where I live…used Google Maps to map out the route of a rural area in Utah where I used to live about 35-40 years ago. While the information was basically right…it was VERY outdated that several farming structures around the area where I used to live had been torn down years ago and replaced with houses and roads to these houses.

It’s almost like they were using images from when Bush Sr. was president…rather than jr.

By: llsee

llsee — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:13:09 +0000

I want to like Google Maps, I really do. I like the way it works, the smooth scrolling and the satellite/map views is really cool. But… unless you live in a major population center, the maps are sadly out of date. I live in southern New Mexico, near El Paso, TX. Las Cruces is a growing city, but Google Maps is at least 5 years out of date.

In my neighborhood, east of Las Cruces, Google Maps still shows the existence of some old 4 wheel drive roads that have not existed since before I moved here 5 years ago. It also doesn’t show many asphalt roads and developments which have been built in the past 5 years. If you are a mapping enterprise, keeping your maps up to date should be the imperative. In contrast, Mapquest is very up to date for this same area. So, I want to love Google Maps, but I can’t until they make up-to-date maps a priority.

The plus side to this is that we don’t have to worry about Street Views.

By: Summer is Finally Upon Us | Chris Pirillo

Summer is Finally Upon Us | Chris Pirillo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:00:00 +0000

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