+dcmcveigh Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 So I zoom into Rachel, NV on Geocaching Maps and I get the Colonel Sanders KFC logo appearing in the middle of the desert. What gives? Quote Link to comment
+humboldt flier Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) So I zoom into Rachel, NV on Geocaching Maps and I get the Colonel Sanders KFC logo appearing in the middle of the desert. What gives? A looooooong gone advertising program. There exists on Youtube a video of the work being constructed ( time lapse ) Edited October 17, 2011 by humboldt flier Quote Link to comment
+addisonbr Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I'm under the impression that the logo was actually removed four years ago, but it is still showing up in Google Earth / Google Maps images. I actually check it from time to time, because when it disappears on Google Maps I want to go look up the Alien Head caches and see how visible the tire tracks are. Quote Link to comment
+pppingme Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Rural areas get updated less often, but, I've heard (can't confirm this as true) Google has a few spots flagged so they don't get updated, some because of some 'cool' factor in the older pic (this might be an example), or in other cases for security considerations (some nuclear plants, military bases, white house, pentagon) which have intentionally skewed images (off by a few to a few hundred feet). Quote Link to comment
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