That pic of truck queues at Dover on Google...
Yes, there is a queue
But Satellite layer on regular Google Maps doesn't give a date
But Google Earth does - link will take you there 👇
earth.google.com/web/@51.109472…
Answer: it's from 30.3.2021 *or newer*, but not necessarily now
Yes, there is a queue
But Satellite layer on regular Google Maps doesn't give a date
But Google Earth does - link will take you there 👇
earth.google.com/web/@51.109472…
Answer: it's from 30.3.2021 *or newer*, but not necessarily now
So you *can* say "You can see Brexit related truck queues from space"
You cannot say "The truck queues this week at Dover have started to show up on Google!" because the queue shown is probably some earlier one, not the one this week
You cannot say "The truck queues this week at Dover have started to show up on Google!" because the queue shown is probably some earlier one, not the one this week
Also I had a quick look for any particular disruption around 30.3.2021 and can find nothing except an accident (that would have not caused queues with this pattern). So when this queue happened: no idea. I don't think it can be worked out.
Oh and as @profebdon reminds me, you should not be using Google Satellite as a means to assess truck queues anyway ;-)
Oh and *the queues at Dover right now* are genuine. We have plenty of evidence of that! But those queues are almost certainly not the queue seen in Google's satellite picture. That is *all*.
The story is serious enough without having to embellish it further!
The story is serious enough without having to embellish it further!
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