Ask HN: No planes visible at LHR on Google Maps (terrain)?
If you look at London Heathrow in terrain mode on Google Maps no planes are visible. Most other airports have at least some planes visible at the gates. Why is this?
If you look at London Heathrow in terrain mode on Google Maps no planes are visible. Most other airports have at least some planes visible at the gates. Why is this?
I see the same suspicious lack of aircraft on the ground. It's really interesting. I see one Qantas aircraft taxiing onto runway 09R, and a Saudi aircraft taxiing into parking from 09R, and that's it. Also interesting is that I see a bunch of trucks on both ends of runway 09L. The Google Maps imagery of other major airports, and even military airfields, shows many aircraft on the ground.
I assume you mean satellite and not terrain mode. Terrain mode doesn't have images so there are no planes visible at any airports. As for satellite mode I looked briefly and noticed 2 planes.
Why would planes be visible? It’s not a satellite app.
I think he means the "satellite" layer, not the "terrain" layer.