When do Google Maps take the satellite pictures?

Answer 1

Once or Twice a year.

Answer #2

Google doesn't take satellite pictures. Google purchases satellite imagery from a variety of providers such as DigitalGlobe and GeoEye. Much of Google's imagery actually comes from aerial Photography mostly in airplanes with special high resolution cameras. Google make bulk updates to Google Earth and Google Maps imagery usually every 60 days but not all areas are updated on each update.

Answer 2

Dates for satellite imagery depend on what area you're looking at. Dates varies greatly from 6 months to five years old.

The imagery date for a given image on Google Earth is shown in lower-left of status bar. Status Bar can turned on/off in the View menu. See details in article listed in related links.

Answer 3

The images in Google Earth (and Google Maps) are updated on a continuous basis typically every 2-3 weeks.

Street View imagery has its own update schedule and bulk updates are made on a less regular basis.

But note that both the aerial and satellite map imagery and street view imagery are updated for given regions and not globally so one area may be rather recent (usually not newer than 6 months) while another is 3 years old.

See related link below for a recent article on high resolution satellite imagery updates in dozens of countries along with a link to a KML file showing the locations of the latest updates in Google Earth.

Answer 4

They vary in date taken. The date can be found on the webpage

Answer 5

The images are new now by new satellite views the images are clearer than before it was from 2003 now the images are from year 2005 that mean UPDATED

Answer 6

From my view google earth chenges the street view every year..