I've been compiling a list of unusual finds on GE for awhile. Here's my list:
- 31° 1'6.01"N,7°58'30.69"E - Sand spike
- 53.850119,-1.9698882 - Red star
- 40.459611,93.394044 - Mosaic 1
- 40.454462,93.744672 - Mosaic 2
- -3.0022695,33.090263 - Tanzania bazaar
- -29.771052,21.008514 - Goat herd
- 10.903786,19.935049 - Elephants
- 16.404429,19.913848 - Antelope
- 40.757692,-110.69971 - Mile high spike (no longer available)
- 15.298651,19.429657 - Look up and smile!
- 15.494252,-1.6174156 - Animal scull
- 51.218055,-4.0126182 - Hole in the ocean (no longer available)
- -13.71488,-75.875419 - Band of holes
- -14.692243,-75.14918 - Nasca hummingbird
- 27.379869,33.633151 - Sand spiral
- -36.406325,174.726 - Spiral mound
- 25.209508,-80.246523 - Shipwreck
- 42.563386,-119.54452 - Ancient spiral
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Originally posted by Skyfloating
Does anyone else think its suspicious that its taking so long (years) to get high-resolution pictures to certain places?
While there have been instances of explicit cover-ups (in a very literal sense in this case) such as Chenney's house, most of the places with low
resolutions pictures are due to a lack of demand.
Google does not own the resources used to compile the google earth maps. Rather, they purchase images from various sources, observation satelites,
aerial surveys, etc. So, if there is no reason for a company to take aerial pictures of an area (i.e., no money), then they won't, and so google
earth will lack high definition images.
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