Does anybody know when the next refresh of google map "street view" is in the bay area in California?

Question

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Answer 1

I wouldn't hold your breath as Google has yet to deliver respectable satellite images of many densely populated areas of the United States. After all these years, Google has yet to provide decent satellite images of ANYWHERE in Ottawa County, Michigan, even though it is the 235th biggest county in the United States (out of 3,077 counties). So it is definitely a densely populated place.

Examples:

Grand Haven, Michigan, Google Maps:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=4...

That is as good as it gets for Ottawa County using Google Maps!

Grand Haven, Michigan, Yahoo Maps:

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=43.0592...

Nice. But wait, you can zoom in a lot farther:

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=43.0592...

Grand Haven, Michigan, Live Search Maps:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Similar to Yahoo Maps.

Zoomed in:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Not quite as good as Yahoo Maps.

However, they also have Bird's Eye:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Wow!

Bird's Eye, zoomed in:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Bird's Eye, rotated:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FO...

Google Maps are just so lame.