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Post by Henry on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 08:31

Most of the images in Australia are from 2009-10. Best not to rely on them to find your way around.....
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Post by Big Dog on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 08:55

Would be massively expensive to keep it up to date. I think most people realise this.
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Post by Henry on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 08:58

And how much money do Google have?
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Post by Henry on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 09:00

"With a market cap of $250 billion, Google (GOOG) is the largest internet information provider in the world. "

Yeah, I reckon they could afford it. They could at least update their maps every year.
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Post by G.Wood on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 09:03

Henry wrote:Most of the images in Australia are from 2009-10. Best not to rely on them to find your way around.....

Queenslander wrote:How do they know what places will look like in the future?
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Post by JGK on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 09:09

Henry wrote:"With a market cap of $250 billion, Google (GOOG) is the largest internet information provider in the world. "

Yeah, I reckon they could afford it. They could at least update their maps every year.


The World is a big place.

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Post by JGK on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 09:09

Henry wrote:Most of the images in Australia are from 2009-10. Best not to rely on them to find your way around.....

People did seem to be able to find their way around before the internet.

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Post by Big Dog on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 09:16

Henry wrote:"With a market cap of $250 billion, Google (GOOG) is the largest internet information provider in the world. "

Yeah, I reckon they could afford it. They could at least update their maps every year.
 
Well i reckon they don't want to blow their profit on a few tweebs who can't find their way from A to B.
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Post by JGK on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 09:18

Big Dog wrote:
Henry wrote:"With a market cap of $250 billion, Google (GOOG) is the largest internet information provider in the world. "

Yeah, I reckon they could afford it. They could at least update their maps every year.
 
Well i reckon they don't want to blow their profit on a few tweebs who can't find their way from A to B.

Especially when Google Maps is a free service.

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Post by skully on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 09:59

JGK wrote:
Henry wrote:Most of the images in Australia are from 2009-10. Best not to rely on them to find your way around.....

People did seem to be able to find their way around before the internet.
Aye. I'm struggling to find a vehicle in front of me as I drive to and from work these days that doesn't have a farkin GPS glowing at me out their back window. FMD, people are geographically dyslexic these days. I follow the same people to work and from work every day and yet they still "need" their GPS to get where they are going. FFS, does being i-Gen mean you no longer have a memory or commonsense???
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Post by taipan on Tue 09 Jul 2013, 10:04

Henry wrote:Most of the images in Australia are from 2009-10. Best not to rely on them to find your way around.....

You got lost on your way home?
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Post by embee on Wed 10 Jan 2018, 03:56



The high school at RD's favourite wozzie town ....IppyWest...
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Post by Bradman on Wed 10 Jan 2018, 04:35

taipan wrote:
Henry wrote:Most of the images in Australia are from 2009-10. Best not to rely on them to find your way around.....

You got lost on your way home?

I used to love playing with tourists asking stupid questions like "How do I get from Mount Isa to Darwin".
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Post by horace on Wed 10 Jan 2018, 06:02

How could you stand living there? I went there a couple of times for work. Did you ever come across Tony McGrady who was a Qbilly MP? What a complete tosser he was
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Post by Bradman on Wed 10 Jan 2018, 06:54

Well actually my point was that getting from Mt Isa to Darwin is pretty simple. Turn left outside your motel and turn right at the the T junction 750km away. Stop when you start getting wet.

But yeah Tony McGrady is a real arsehole.
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