Google Earth Oddity @ YSSY

[Darren S]

Noticed something rather odd on Google Earth recently.

HS-TGT (Thai B744) is lining up on 34L
Latitude 33°57'50.48"S
Longitude 151°10'49.98"E

..... and further up the screen at that very same moment in time.....

HS-TGT (Thai B744) is parked at the gate
Latitude 33°56'22.70"S
Longitude 151° 9'50.63"E

Freaky !!! :)

[Philip Argy]

This topic has been discussed before, but I can't find it on a search of current or archived threads - maybe a moderator can point you to the thread I have in mind - probably about three or four months ago I would guess.

My recollection is that Google said they were going to fix it. It's caused by the matrixing of images taken at different times to synthesise what you see. This is done to eliminate cloud and other effects.

[Gavin Otto]

There is also an aircraft, looks a dash 8 Q400, taking off from 16R at the same time (near the intersection with the rwy 07/25).