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Google maps old satellite images3/31/2024 ![]() I never knew that Apple has an updated satellite view: O'Hare Terminal 5 (Satellite View on Maps.app on Sonoma) I had to check on Google Maps to understand what had happened. Little did I know that an expansion of the terminal had occurred. When I looked on Maps on my iPhone, the gate was floating out in the middle of the tarmac. I have no idea why Apple does this either, but it seems really short-sighted if they're only doing it to preserve the 3D transition, at the expense of up-to-date information.įor example, earlier this year I flew into O'hare International Terminal 5. Since that super-high resolution 3D data is much more difficult to get, that means that Apple's moderately-high resolution data is probably always going to be older than it would be on the web, where there is no 3D view. But once you get low enough to where you could compare with 3D, Apple is going to use data that matches the 3D data. They don't seem to mind the significant changes in imagery at a lower level of detail. (Due to my farm field theory, I can't confirm it is newer.)īut my point is, I think Apple is making a point to use imagery that matches its 3D views, even if that is older. ![]() I now know it's old data, but 3D! Cool! But if I zoom back out, eventually I get a lower-resolution version that looks more like the web version. But they are most definitely different imagery.Īctually, I see a new building in the web version, so that's definitely newer by at least the time it takes to build a new building.Īnd maybe I have another category - Apple is its own worst enemy.Īs I zoom way in using Apple Maps, I eventually get to a 3D view of this scene. ![]() These could be farm fields where one just happened to be in the middle of harvest that day. I don't know which of these is more current. Same location, using Apple Maps, the App, on Monterey, from Canada: But at a different level of detail, on a different network, connected to a different CDN region, possibly on a different platform, web browser, etc., all bets are off.ĭuckDuckGo, using Apple Maps, in Safari on Monterey, from Canada looking at the outskirts of Prague: I'm not disputing that you see no difference in two specific images.
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