Google Earth

[vernonk]

How often does Google Earth get updated? I can tell that the current image of my place is several years old.

[Canary42]

Not a fixed parameter, more populous areas will get updated more often than places out in the sticks. A lot of it is indeed years out of date.

[woofgang]

my understanding is that somewhere is being updated all the time.

[Old_Geezer]

I figure if your area hasn't changed much it'd be a waste of resource to update your area. No local new or closed roads are there ? Any new housing estates ?

[Buenchico]

Quote:
"How often is the imagery in Google Earth updated?
Google Earth displays the best available imagery, most of which is one to three years old. The information in Google Earth is collected over time and is not in real time."
http://support.google.com/earth/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=187961

You can get Google to automatically notify you when changes are made in your area:
https://followyourworld.appspot.com/

[craft1948]

The image of my house has changed once............