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Like Google search and maps, Street View quality seems focused on large towns, cities and areas of high population. I only live a few miles into a large rural a
by NGRhodes 4y ago
Like Google search and maps, Street View quality seems focused on large towns, cities and areas of high population. I only live a few miles into a large rural area from one of UKs largest conurbations and our village is 13 years out of date for street view, and 9/10 years old for Satellite imagery. Google maps is missing most of the nearby small single track unpaved roads and about 75% of footpaths (all marked on definitive maps are public rights of way), its so bad there is a 2 mile long, 1 mile wide woods on the edge of our village that is completely missing (including the road and footpaths through it), there is just a big blank, yet Street View clearly shows the entrances and the woods behind.
- danjc 4y agoLast year I was living in a small village in the UK. Interestingly, street view for my street there was updated about 8 months ago so perhaps it will get to you!
- jeffbee 4y agoDoesn't it make sense to you that such data collections would be population-weighted?
- NGRhodes 4y agoIt make sense for Google to steer their products, not for generalised mapping.
- bombcar 4y agoOur small town gets a "pass" every once in awhile (amusingly enough you can be on one side of the street and see the older view as it's clearly summer, the other side of the street is newer and you can see the new gas station in winter). I suspect that for smaller towns they have some sort of trigger based on things like new gas stations opening, etc, that causes a car to go by eventually.