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Google map link : https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B7%D8%A9+%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86+%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D

by seren 7y ago

Google map link : https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B7%D8%A9+%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86+%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9%E2%80%AD/@24.4202124,32.7157651,7769m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x14363fd9d7a4b311:0xfd82d50b893da021!8m2!3d24.449192!4d32.7170983 https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B7%D8%A9+%... Actually if you zoom out enough, it disappears...

srbby 7y ago
That's cool... it is as if it was just crudely patched in there by the maps team
kache_ 7y ago
Wonder how they deal with dust
- _Microft 7y ago
  > To combat the latter [i.e. dust], employees will clean all the panels at Benban once or twice a month by passing by in specialized tractors equipped with brushes
ErneX 7y ago
Different photos/dates at different zoom levels/positions
baud147258 7y ago
it's appearing/disappearing suddenly between two levels of zoom, there must a switch of images library that were taken before/after the start of the construction.
- simias 7y ago
  If you look at the copyrights at the bottom of the page that's exactly what's happening. It switches from "Maxar technologies/CNES/Airbus" to "Landsat".
gruturo 7y ago
This is actually a somewhat normal occurrence and you encounter it frequently enough. Different zoom levels sometimes correspond to different sources of imagery, sometimes months or years apart. My home still disappears at certain zoom levels, and I see the construction site instead - it was built in 2016.
- Faark 7y ago
  I understand new high resolution data not being available for all areas. But generally I would have expected them to default to either the newer or a downscaled higher resolution source. The zoomed-out levels also have a ©2019 and not showing any signs of solar, while first modules went online spring 2018 [0]. Probably no big deal for google maps, but there might not have gone everything as intended, either. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benban_Solar_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benban_Solar_Park
mattlondon 7y ago
What is really amazing (to me at least) is how small the site looks when you zoom out a bit. Lots of land there... Seems ideal for further development and exporting energy?
- est31 7y ago
  > Seems ideal for further development and exporting energy? Seems so, yes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec
bryanlarsen 7y ago
"visible from space" to me means visible with a naked eye to an astronaut orbiting earth. This seems like it will likely meet that definition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_structures_visible_from_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_structures_visible_...

by seren 7y ago

srbby 7y ago

That's cool... it is as if it was just crudely patched in there by the maps team

kache_ 7y ago

Wonder how they deal with dust

_Microft 7y ago
> To combat the latter [i.e. dust], employees will clean all the panels at Benban once or twice a month by passing by in specialized tractors equipped with brushes

ErneX 7y ago

Different photos/dates at different zoom levels/positions

baud147258 7y ago

it's appearing/disappearing suddenly between two levels of zoom, there must a switch of images library that were taken before/after the start of the construction.

simias 7y ago
If you look at the copyrights at the bottom of the page that's exactly what's happening. It switches from "Maxar technologies/CNES/Airbus" to "Landsat".

gruturo 7y ago

This is actually a somewhat normal occurrence and you encounter it frequently enough. Different zoom levels sometimes correspond to different sources of imagery, sometimes months or years apart. My home still disappears at certain zoom levels, and I see the construction site instead - it was built in 2016.

Faark 7y ago
I understand new high resolution data not being available for all areas. But generally I would have expected them to default to either the newer or a downscaled higher resolution source. The zoomed-out levels also have a ©2019 and not showing any signs of solar, while first modules went online spring 2018 [0]. Probably no big deal for google maps, but there might not have gone everything as intended, either. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benban_Solar_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benban_Solar_Park

mattlondon 7y ago

What is really amazing (to me at least) is how small the site looks when you zoom out a bit. Lots of land there... Seems ideal for further development and exporting energy?

est31 7y ago
> Seems ideal for further development and exporting energy? Seems so, yes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec

bryanlarsen 7y ago

"visible from space" to me means visible with a naked eye to an astronaut orbiting earth. This seems like it will likely meet that definition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_structures_visible_from_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_structures_visible_...