Alpaca Portrait Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I don't know how many of you have ever typed your home address (or any address) into Google Maps and then selected the "street view" option where you can see images of homes, office buildings, parks, etc., but what I'd like to know is, how old are those images? I realize they don't all have the same creation date, but I'd like to know how old the oldest images could be.Kind of an odd question, so here's the situation: someone I know who lives out of state had to sell his customized car back in 2000-01 for financial reasons, but always said he hoped to get it back one day. I was messing around with Google Maps this weekend and typed in that guy's address, and when I looked at the street view image of his house the car was in the driveway, so I'm curious to know if the image I saw was taken before he sold the car 9 years ago, or if it's a more recent pic and his luck has changed and he was able to buy the car back.Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animosh Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) The maps in my area are from 2004, but the software is copyrighted at 2009 Edited June 25, 2009 by animosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaca Portrait Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Where do you see the 2004 reference on your maps? I see the 2009 copyright in the corner on everything I look at but don't see anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animosh Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) well i did Google earth then looked at google map of my friends house. Google earth tells me at the bottom the satalite is from 2004. Earth tells me nothing except i see it is the same exact map with cars in the same exact location. They also painted their mailbox 2 years ago to zebra stripes, google earth and google maps both have their mailbox unpainted. So i assumed it was safe that both satalite images are the same. Also the horses in the pasture are standing in the same spot Edited June 25, 2009 by animosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrf2027 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Where do you see the 2004 reference on your maps?The aerial images for my area are also circa 2004. There's no date - I just know this based on what's in the aerial shots. As for Street View, however, those images are circa 2007. Once again, I know this based on what's in the pictures and what isn't. Google constantly updates these street view images, though, and is always adding more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 The street view dates for my neighborhood appear to be around August/September 2007. I can tell this by an election sign posted on a house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaca Portrait Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thanks for the replies guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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