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by reportingsjr 1631 days ago
Hmm, I'm curious about your first claim! I can't find anything more recent than ~2017[0], but they were still using Airplanes to gather imagery for the 3D maps. I'm pretty sure this is still the case, as urban area resolution is way higher than available non military satellite imagery.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suo_aUTUpps