{"id":249,"date":"2006-11-29T12:30:46","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ianfitter.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2009-01-25T20:57:28","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T20:57:28","slug":"google-earth-should-be-renamed-google-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ianfitter.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/29\/google-earth-should-be-renamed-google-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Earth should be renamed Google History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Earth Out of Date ImagesLiverpool Vision<\/a> have recently complained to Google<\/a> about their woefully out-of-date images of Liverpool on Google Earth<\/a>, while new landmarks in London, such as Wembley Stadium have up-to-date images.<\/p>\n

I’ve got to say, they have a very good point. Manchester does not fair much better. No.1 Deansgate<\/a>, Harvey Nichols<\/a> and Urbis <\/a>are all shown as building sites, even though they were completed in 2003, 2003 and 2002 respectively. <\/p>\n

Similarly, the large Tesco Extra store next to the Reebok stadium (which I know was open by November 2001) is still shown as the previous Fort Sterling (now Georgia Pacific) site.<\/p>\n

Tesco Site at Middlebrook still shown as Fort Sterling<\/div>\n

Google say they are dependent on their digital image suppliers, but that is a poor excuse. Why order out-of-date images? Using images that are out of date by up to 5 years is extremely poor.<\/p>\n

I suppose that we should count ourselves lucky that they show at a decent resolution at all. There are several built up areas of the UK (Warrington <\/a>and Ponteland <\/a>are just two examples) which are just a useless blurred image.<\/p>\n

Come on Google, get your act together and get some decent up-to-date images. It’s spoiling an otherwise excellent program.<\/p>\n

Update 31st March 2007<\/h3>\n

It appears that Manchester’s imagery has been updated, although it does tend to have a washed out appearance, as can be seen from the following screenshot. The new imagery roughly aligns to the M60.<\/p>\n

Google Earth Manchester UK showing monochrome images<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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