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Originally Posted by officedweller
You'd think they would have used an updated photo just to show all the new buildings in the background on North Road.
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It's not a photo, though.
The background is a screengrab from Google maps 3D view.
Which is why the buildings are not up to date since those maps only get updated every couple of years.
Hence why none of the new (or under construction) towers are not shown anywhere, or why the Evergreen line shows up as having been barely began from a couple of years ago when the construction began (at least when I checked it) and not complete as it is now.
I guess they could have hired a drone pilot and photographer to take a more up to date photo, but I don't think the cost would justify it for a non-marketing shot like this is.
The Google map 3D photogrammetry technology and process they use to produce these maps rely on satellite and plane photography along with AI technology to stitch them together.
The most important part in all this in getting the actual 3D imagery is actually the plane (think, sort of like those Google vans with cameras on top that you see driving around taking shots for their street view,.....but flying)
And of course being planes, they are dependent of having good weather to get the right type of shots that the rest of the system reliably uses to generate the maps.
Unfortunately Vancouver being Vancouver means we get more days of terribly weather (for this sort of thing) per year than the good ones, hence the reason our maps may not be as frequently updates as other cities with better weather.
(side note : Ever wondered why every single location you look at in Google maps 3D view shows like it's in Spring,......virtually EVERYWHERE on the planet?. That's the reason why)
It's also a reason why the street view images are often more up to date than the 3D view since, driving around doesn't require good weather.
A much better explainer than I did here,....:-
• Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suo_aUTUpps
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