Curt Fischer wrote:
> Michael Cash wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 06:26:25 +0900, Michael Cash
>> <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
>> inscribed:
>>
>>
>>> On 6 Jul 2005 03:06:48 -0700, declan_murphy@hotmail.com brought down
>>
>>
>>> from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>
>>
>>>> Bloody amazing stuff.
>>>>
>>>> http://earth.google.com
>>>>
>>>> Was just looking at my house in Sydney, right down to the last tree I
>>>> planted. Wish the resolution was as good for the areas of Japan I
>>>> "visited".
>>>
>>>
>>> I see very clearly a park in Aomi Futo that was turned into a parking
>>> lot two or three years ago.
>>
>>
>>
>> In fact, I see things around the container yard areas that were not
>> there the first time I went down there, around 6 years ago. And the
>> current features looked somewhat weatherworn even then.
>>
>> Just how old is this data anyway?
> 
> 
> The data for the US is newer.  A building at my college campus that was 
> completed just about 18 months ago was either complete or very nearly so 
> in the photo.  Japan, I don't know.
> 

It's a patchwork. If you look at South Australia it's obvious that some 
shots were done during a wet winter and others during summer. There is 
even water in some of the salt lakes. In Tokyo some shots are at oblique 
angles and others more acute, some buildings seem to be falling over.


If you haven't seen this it's worth looking at:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.975789,31.129954&spn=0.018020,0.026582&t=k&hl=en