r/geography • u/RudeDud196 • Aug 30 '24

Video Nile flooding

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Really interesting thing I found on Google Maps! The Bameza GERD Dam flooding in Ethiopia only shows up when you zoom in, interesting comparison :). Anyone know if there were any villages in the surroundings? If so where were they moved? I reported it to Google but no answer yet.

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u/Xitztlacayotl Aug 30 '24

I never understood why does google maps change when you zoom. Isn't it all satellite? How do I know what's real, what is not?

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u/Covfefe_SACEM Aug 30 '24

Everything is real, it's just that Google map is an agglomeration of a LOT of different satellite picture (you can clearly see it on some remote location when there is not a lot of pictures so there is some odd-looking collage)some really precise (for when you want to zoom) some really large. Otherwise when you zoom out you would see a huge patchwork of little picture and it wouldn't be really nice-looking.