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Re:Zoom Earth: Website lets you look at live satellite photo... by sidyapa on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @03:50AM (#23905091)
For where I am, the latest image was taken in May, 2018
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Re:Zoom Earth: Website lets you look at live satellite photo... by neave on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @05:33AM (#23905529)
Yes, images of your house/area will be older. Near real-time imagery is only available at lower zoom levels.

It takes a long time to take satellite/aerial photos of everywhere on the planet in high resolution, so 2018 is quite good in the geospatial industry.

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