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BetaBox
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google hates us

Post by BetaBox » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:48 pm

They took us off google maps and i just noticed it now.....WTF. Valley insiders, what's up? BRC finally has been absorbed into the giant vortex that fueled burner's desire to create live and burn....or some automated software screwed us over.
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Re: google hates us

Post by SnowBlind » Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:41 pm

BetaBox wrote:They took us off google maps and i just noticed it now.....WTF. Valley insiders, what's up? BRC finally has been absorbed into the giant vortex that fueled burner's desire to create live and burn....or some automated software screwed us over.
The latest version of Google Earth has a time travel feature where you can go to older satellite shots. You can go back with that and see all the old playa images.

My guess would be that because of that feature, they now keep all default images on the latest version, rather than a historical one. Since Google Maps shares the images with Google Earth, it also gets the latest set, even though it doesn't have the feature to go back, AFAIK.
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Re: google hates us

Post by mdmf007 » Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:10 pm

BetaBox wrote:They took us off google maps and i just noticed it now.....WTF. Valley insiders, what's up? BRC finally has been absorbed into the giant vortex that fueled burner's desire to create live and burn....or some automated software screwed us over.
Whenever there are newer images available thats the default.
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Post by bigbluedoggy » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:47 am

Actually, even though they have updated the image, you can still see traces of the circular roads if you look closely.
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Post by theCryptofishist » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:43 pm

Good. I was getting so tired of Sergei hanging out trying to be one of the "cool kids."
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Post by gyre » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:26 pm

I wouldn't know.
Every time I go by his camp, he is out looking for something.
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