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May 27, 2022 | 8:24 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Spikes

"As stated, Google has a new algorithm that removes non static objects from their maps. The primary purpose is to remove cars/pedestrians from the streets/sidewalk so you can see them easier, but planes (being non static across images) also get removed."

Dunno, I don't work for Google.

Then where does the quoted pair of sentences come from? And how authoritative was the source?

Ships, which are also non-static objects, still appear on Google.

And the current Google Maps picture of LHR seems to have completely missed one entire Saudia aircraft that's near SQ4. There are also plenty of cars outside T4.

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