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Posted by mac on April 26, 2009, 12:59 pm


Does Google Earth run maps downloaded to the PC or these are maps from a
server. And the question is if an area gets updated will the update be seen
immediately from a server - or we would have to wait until new maps are
downloaded to PC?

mac



Posted by Colin Wilson on April 26, 2009, 2:49 pm


> Does Google Earth run maps downloaded to the PC or these are maps from a
> server. And the question is if an area gets updated will the update be seen
> immediately from a server - or we would have to wait until new maps are
> downloaded to PC?

They download from the server as you zoom in etc. Any update should be
seen immediately afaik.

Posted by Andy on April 27, 2009, 4:37 am



>Does Google Earth run maps downloaded to the PC or these are maps from a
>server. .......

Google Earth uses a significant cache on you computer to store
downloaded images - see Tools/Options/Cache panel. I'd hope that it
checks that the image in the cache is the latest before using it but
you never know. There are options on the panel to Clear or Delete the
cache (?) as well as change it's size.

HTH - Andy

Posted by Simon Slavin on April 27, 2009, 4:53 pm


wrote:
> Does Google Earth run maps downloaded to the PC or these are maps
> from a  server. And the question is if an area gets updated will the
> update be seen  immediately from a server - or we would have to wait
> until new maps are  downloaded to PC?

Maps stored on Google's servers. Updates are so rare (less than one a
year) that you really don't care about them.

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