https://www.google.com/maps/@35.609778,-78.5619474,1853m/data=!3m1!1e3 Judging by my own property, I can tell that the photography was updated within the last month for the area.
It looks like there are newer and older images intermixed, especially with the street view. I found one series that was over 2 years old that was connected to a much newer series, and others, both street and overviews, that were at least several months old.
I was specifically referring to the Aerial photos, not street view. Some call it "Google Earth" view.
Yes, and some of the other satellite views are older than others outside of this particular area. The same went for the street views, which was odd since the newer ones joined the older ones side by side in some cases.
They don't always drive down the same streets at the same time when capturing street view. They have routes that have higher priority, they get updated more frequently. Typically smaller roads are on a longer schedule.
The odd part is a few were on the same road. One view was within the last year or so and the next couple of points down the road were closer to three or four years ago so they had to have driven over the road both times, but the newer info was not included in at least one section. This was right on US 70 too.
The aerial maps are a hodge-podge of randomness! In my area, I have both new and old. I see a farm with rows running at opposite angles and nowhere to turn around where they meet.
I've seen the view change as you zoomed in. I was building a townhome complex in Raleigh. From high up you saw the old buildings, as you zoomed in it changed to townhome sunder construction. we used the higher up old picture to find a buried manhole.
When one part of a map is ready for fall harvest and an adjacent location is ready for spring, they might be spliced. I'm no gold shield detective, but I know my seasons.
That's funny...zoomed out, I can see the house we built two years ago, including the sidewalk we put in last month. When I zoom in, the house disappears!
looking at the satellite view of where I work I can tell that it was taken about a month ago at most. Street view was over 5 years ago.
