12-16-2017 10:31 AM
what are the timing of google map updates for 2018 or here after?
12-16-2017 11:11 AM
Hello @iSmileS
From looking around Google Maps, I would guess every year for major Cities and areas and 3-5 years for Rural areas.
FYI that's the Satellite photo updates.
12-16-2017 11:19 AM
12-16-2017 11:24 AM
Hello @iSmileS
For my area it was last done in Jan 2017, so I guess for me it would be Jan 2018.
So when was your local City Satellite photo done.
12-16-2017 11:28 AM
i think it was march
12-16-2017 11:31 AM - edited 12-16-2017 11:32 AM
12-16-2017 11:37 AM
Hello,
Most aerials are not commissioned by Google, but rather Google purchases aerials when they are available for a reasonable price. It is thus impossible to say when that next will occur; it will largely depend on when someone decides that they need new aerials.
My employer commissions aerials, and I can tell you that it is extremely expensive, so it normally requires a pressing business need have them initiated.
Due to the volume I receive, I do not respond to unsolicited private messages
12-16-2017 01:00 PM
@Flash wrote:Most aerials are not commissioned by Google, but rather Google purchases aerials when they are available for a reasonable price. It is thus impossible to say when that next will occur; it will largely depend on when someone decides that they need new aerials.
My employer commissions aerials, and I can tell you that it is extremely expensive, so it normally requires a pressing business need have them initiated.
You are a wealth of information, in regards to Google Maps and other things.
Re. "when they are available for a reasonable price". Would imagery become less and less costly to Google as time passes?
Re. "when someone decides that they need new aerials". Understanding that Google's precise criteria and schedules for purchasing new imagery is proprietary info, what do you think would be some of the factors that would make it more likely that imagery for a specific region would be purchased? Do you believe --I do not-- that Maps users feedback requesting new imagery is a significant factor?