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Google Earth Oddity

TMW - 5-27-2011 at 10:34 AM

About 10 miles south of Santa Veronica on the Compadre Trail you pass a ranch and the road branches into three directions, going straight you cross an arroyo and start up hill. If you look at Google Earth at coordinates 32-22-15x116-17-28 the road doesn't match. This is the first time I've seen this on Google Earth.

David K - 5-27-2011 at 10:40 AM

Sounds like photos from different years next to each other?

TMW - 5-27-2011 at 10:45 AM

You are right DK the left side is Oct 31, 2010 and the right side is Mar 25 2006. I've followed a lot of roads and trails on GE that were taken at different times but I never noticed a mismatch like this.

David K - 5-27-2011 at 10:55 AM

If you look at Bahia Santa Maria, as you zoom in the photo changes (as the bay shape changes... so higher look to lower look also can be from different years!

I am about to load up my truck for Baja... you and Shirley coming down?

TMW - 5-27-2011 at 11:41 AM

Not for the this weekend. I'm going down next week probably Wed. for the Baja 500 race. Prerun some sections I've not been on for a while, Laguna Salada to Borrego and maybe take a look at the new section to the summit. I hear it's a real test. They started regrading it this week.

Salsa - 5-27-2011 at 09:01 PM

Picture stitching is not perfect. How else do you think they get the whole earth in one picture?????

Don