The Price of Raised Expectations?
The BBC reports that some municipal leaders in the United Kingdom are miffed that Google Earth doesn't show the latest improvements to their cities. They are particularly annoyed when they note that images of London are more up to date.
In the story -- Online map 'misses' regeneration -- a Google spokesperson tries to explain that Google doesn't actually collect, or control the collection of, the imagery they show.
Looks like a combination of raised expectations (Google Earth is, after all, wicked cool) and a lack of understanding of the way framework geospatial data are collected and maintained.
It was ever thus.
In the story -- Online map 'misses' regeneration -- a Google spokesperson tries to explain that Google doesn't actually collect, or control the collection of, the imagery they show.
Looks like a combination of raised expectations (Google Earth is, after all, wicked cool) and a lack of understanding of the way framework geospatial data are collected and maintained.
It was ever thus.
posted by Mike Mahaffie at 11:50 AM
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