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Thread #164900   Message #3953948
Posted By: Mr Red
01-Oct-18 - 05:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: How reliable is Google Earth?
Subject: RE: BS: How reliable is Google Earth?
Thanx Pal.
I use what3words.com which uses Goggle. But I also installed Goggle Earth, years ago, and guess what? The aerial view is definitely different. I was looking at Crabtreehill Cinderford (Forestry Commission), and Goggle Earth shows tree clearance in the area and the Trig Point can be discerned if you know where it is. what3words.com shows it still heavily wooded. So there are two Goggles. Street view is nominally the same as far as I can determine but via what3words, on a BT (notso) Hotspot, it can just display a black and stall when all is slow. Whereas Goggle Earth 3 seconds later can show the streetview.

As I haven't updated Goggle Earth, maybe I won't in case it has wondrous new features like bloatware.