2006-10-03 19:56:47 · 6 answers · asked by chockybikky 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
up-to-date images are rare on Google Earth (incidentally, http://maps.google.com uses the same pictures and is a LOT faster) - and indeed, they are pictures, you won't see anybody moving...
a nice example of NOT up-to-date is a bridge from Rio to Antirrio in Greece connecting the mainland with the Peloponnesos - on Google it is still being built, when in fact it's been finished over 2 years ago.
- correction: they've apparently updated the picture this week... the bridge appears finished... there goes my nice example...
2006-10-03 19:59:04 · answer #1 · answered by Walter W. Krijthe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It takes a very long time to take and assemble all these pictures into one big, global picture. Some are as old as 5 or 6 years. There is no way you will ever see moving satellite images on google earth... at least not in the near future but who knows.
2006-10-03 20:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they're old images. I live in a new block of flats, and they don't exist on Google Earth. My old home, an RAF camp in Norfolk is closed down, but on Google earth, it still looks active, with aircraft on the dispersal pan. (NR10 5AJ)
It's a totally free service, but just remember that the images are a bit dated (possibly up to 5 or 6 years.)
2006-10-03 20:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's a completely free service. And no, the images are not video - they're not live video feeds of the Earth from satellite. They are still images collected at different times/dates from satellites.
2006-10-03 19:58:29 · answer #4 · answered by GrayTheory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont have to pay.
The images are always still.
It is not possible to get anything more updated than what they offer for free.
Try Google maps, these are often clearer, though you need to download these.
2006-10-03 19:59:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's always still. You planning on spying teenage girls or something? xD
2006-10-03 20:04:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋