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From: bearclaw on 6 Apr 2006 13:25
Great program. Shows the scary potential of surveillance satellites.

I understand that the images in Google Earth are not real time, but I
wonder if there is any way to determine the date of the image being
viewed.

For instance, I looked at an old business address of mine, and noticed
that many features I was seeing were long since gone, having been
developed within the last two years. A nearby school playing field was
paved over more than three years ago, as an example.

The scene was medium-res, so although I could determine the time of day
the photo was taken, there was not enough detail to reveal the date.

Does anyone know if there is a way to ascertain when the photo was taken?

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From: bearclaw on 6 Apr 2006 13:39
In article
<bearclaw-4AB91E.12251306042006(a)sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
bearclaw(a)cruller.invalid wrote:

> Great program. Shows the scary potential of surveillance satellites.
>
> I understand that the images in Google Earth are not real time, but I
> wonder if there is any way to determine the date of the image being
> viewed.
>
> For instance, I looked at an old business address of mine, and noticed
> that many features I was seeing were long since gone, having been
> developed within the last two years. A nearby school playing field was
> paved over more than three years ago, as an example.
>
> The scene was medium-res, so although I could determine the time of day
> the photo was taken, there was not enough detail to reveal the date.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to ascertain when the photo was taken?

Never mind, I figured it out. Thanks for reading.
From: Dave Hinz on 6 Apr 2006 13:40
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:25:15 -0500, bearclaw(a)cruller.invalid <bearclaw(a)cruller.invalid> wrote:
> Great program. Shows the scary potential of surveillance satellites.

Um, why?

> I understand that the images in Google Earth are not real time, but I
> wonder if there is any way to determine the date of the image being
> viewed.

You get what they give you. They give you the best and/or newest image
available. For my land, it shows I've built the garage but not yet the
house, so I know within a month or three when it was taken.

> For instance, I looked at an old business address of mine, and noticed
> that many features I was seeing were long since gone, having been
> developed within the last two years. A nearby school playing field was
> paved over more than three years ago, as an example.

Hardly anything to be scared about then, is it?

> Does anyone know if there is a way to ascertain when the photo was taken?

Other than by knowing the area being pictured, I don't.

From: Garner Miller on 6 Apr 2006 13:51
In article
<bearclaw-00E0E9.12392306042006(a)sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
<bearclaw(a)cruller.invalid> wrote:

> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a way to ascertain when the photo was taken?
>
> Never mind, I figured it out. Thanks for reading.

Can you tell us, then?
From: bearclaw on 6 Apr 2006 14:06
In article <060420061351211725%garner(a)netstreet.net>,
Garner Miller <garner(a)netstreet.net> wrote:

> In article
> <bearclaw-00E0E9.12392306042006(a)sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
> <bearclaw(a)cruller.invalid> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if there is a way to ascertain when the photo was taken?
> >
> > Never mind, I figured it out. Thanks for reading.
>
> Can you tell us, then?

Sure:

In the "Layers" pane, scroll down to the bottom and check the "DG"
boxes. A grid will appear on the image and the image date will appear in
the grid in bold red. You might have to zoom out to see it.

Along with the date will appear a large blue lower-case "i". If you
click on the "i", you get a box showing the catalog number of the image,
the date it was taken, the cloud cover at the time, and the quality of
the image. The image I wondered about was taken in July of 2003 (before
the construction I mentioned).

In the info box there is also a link to the actual image online. Very
nice feature.
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