Anyone know if Google Earth has any images of the Iran protests? n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. I highly doubt it

It's not an "up-to-the-minute" site. Last I looked, it still had a view of where I used to live that was at least 9 years old.

[Statistical]

2. Google Earth buys data from an israeli sat company.

they have a constalation of birds that simply slowly cover the whole earth and then start over.

The idea of sat coverage like in Alias or 24 where you fly a sat over to an area of interest simply does not exist.

Sat just follow a predetermined path and take photos of everything underneath them.

[onehandle]

3. Have you tried their live feed?

Kidding.

[Canuckistanian]

4. It's not like a television camera

Most places are imaged only once every few years.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Yes, but do you remember what Google Earth did when Steve Fossett disappeared? n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Link for what Google Earth could do on a moments notice ...

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/help_find_steve_fosset_with_google.html

[Canuckistanian]

7. I didn't know they did that

But for something like the Iran protests, they'd have to take an image at a precise time, which may not be possible due to local cloud cover.

Steve Fosset was missing for months, allowing for a clear view to be made out of many cloudless scans.