How old are google satllite

KIPAX · 24-03-2006, 13:00

satellite pictures of accrington on maps.google.co.uk ... few years old. been waiting since day one of the system for satellite pics to be shown for accy and there well out of date...years..

andrewb · 24-03-2006, 13:43

Lol you can tell theyre old, theres actualy people in accrington!

Hehe the old market is there too..

Omg I can see the blue van my dad had on dutton street... these pictures really are from ages ago!

andrewb · 24-03-2006, 13:49

If you look over to foxhill bank you can see some sort of fair/carnival on it too :P

KIPAX · 24-03-2006, 13:50

Only half a stand at accy stanley and its the old moorhead... tut tut

accymel · 24-03-2006, 15:13

IS that google earth you are referring to Kipax??? i've got that & its about approx 3 years old so im told & can tell, cos my garden according to that is surrounded by fir trees & they've been taken down 2yrs back!!

http://earth.google.com/

KIPAX · 24-03-2006, 15:14

http://maps.google.co.uk

click on satellite and zoom in

slinky · 24-03-2006, 15:27

I am guessing it's about 1996 this was taken.............just a guess, but i'm sure it is.

accymel · 24-03-2006, 15:33

Just had a look & its harder to use the zoom & a tiny strip of viewing, google earth is easier with more options in a way though would presume they are taken from google earth site anyways

accymel · 24-03-2006, 15:42

HAd a look on google earth sat website

1. When were these pictures taken? How often are they updated?
Our images are photographs taken by satellites and aircraft sometime in the last three years. The images in Google Earth are updated on a rolling basis.

2. Are Google Earth images captured in real time? No, they aren't. Our images are photographs taken by satellites and aircraft sometime in the last three years.

http://earth.google.com/faq.html

shillelagh · 24-03-2006, 18:18

Googles lying! The photo of my house was took at least 4 years ago. Just looked at the one for my house and its got hedges - they were dug up around 4 years ago.

tomz · 24-03-2006, 18:22

tomz · 24-03-2006, 18:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyfr

If you look over to foxhill bank you can see some sort of fair/carnival on it too :P

Ooooooo yesh. I remember than Fair like it was yesterday. The big round red thing was called the Millenium. It was ace lyk. And next to that was a Big Wheel thing but you sit in egg shaped cages what spin :P Was ace. Fair dont come anymore =(

John_Timmins · 24-03-2006, 18:48

Well they still havent built the new co-op in great harwood on that satellite pic but cant remember when that was built?

semihere · 24-03-2006, 19:16

The pictures all vary greatly in age - Blackburn's been updated recently and I know they're from within the last 3 years, but Google are going more for clarity in the pictures they choose than purely being up to date. It's not long since this whole area just appeared as a great big green and brown smudge on Google earth, so at least this is an improvement. A lot of places around the world are still cloud-covered, so count your blessings you can see Accy at all!!

andrewb · 24-03-2006, 20:08

I've been asking my dad about the van on dutton street and he thinks the images are either 4years old because they got rid of the blue van 4 years ago!

Also, if you look at the bus station, half of it is being used for parking so it must have been just before they demolished the old market!