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		stordoff 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellit... It looks like Google Maps is using old imagery for some reason. If you look on Google Earth, the image used appears to be from 12 Jan 2016[1]. The more recent imagery (2022 onwards) shows the new build, and you can see glimpses of it in Street View on Google Maps. [1] https://earth.google.com/web/search/%22Robin+Masters+Estate%...

coolspot 4 months ago [–]

I guess there is less post-processing of images in Google Earth, because it is more professional-oriented product.

E.g. the same place in 2020,2021 is covered with a cloud, which never happens in a consumer-oriented maps.

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