google earth

[hillary.bris]

Why is Google Earth so out of date?
The pic of my house is 8 years old!
What is the point of it if it's so out of date?
Will i have to pay to get a proper version? Is it any good?
Does anyone out there have any advice?
Chris

[sara3]

my house looks like it has a police style white tent in it.. you know, when they've dug up a body??!

I'vebeen here over 14 years and don't recall that happening!

[sara3]

probably should have said, "in the garden" :o)

[MrBen5]

You can pay for a newer version i think, but it will never be 'live'.
Otherwise you would get perverts, etc, watching beaches and schools.
And you might get someone watching me as i have a skylight in one of my bedrooms...

[jno]

looks like mine was taken last winter, from the low sun and the angle (and the bare trees)

[gonzo00]

they do update now and again..they done a fresh sweep of belfast last december but my house ...14 miles away is still on an 8 year old photo!

[Ethel]

It takes years and years to photograph the world.

The update it as and when they can.

[Lil O'lady]

I think it's fantastic considering it's free

[stefos]

I showed Google Earth to a friend earlier this year and when we zoomed in on his house you could see his mother hanging washing on the line, whilst a few miles east he is actually to be seen mowing a lawn with a newly purchased red lawnmower, the clarity was sooo good!
We narrowed the date/time to 3.30pm on the 1st or 2nd Wednesday of September 07. Ironically his mother died in the October but is immortalised by Google Earth.

[chazza]

It all depends where you live, I live a few miles from Belfast too and can tell from the state of the garden that my house was photographed in the past couple of years as well!