Google Earth adds 3D views of Detroit

[Gsgeorge]

I just wish they'd finish up with the Street View feature for Detroit. Over 1/3 of the city is unfinished, and it seems to be the 1/3 I'm mostly interested in, like from the New Center area out through Highland Park and on to Eight Mile Road.

Agreed. Some of the most heavily-traveled and visited areas of Detroit like Midtown and New Center are not in Street View, while other areas like the urban prairies on the far east side are covered extensively. Doesn't make any sense at all. Either the people driving the Google car had no idea what to make of our fair city, or they were stoned out of their minds. Meanwhile almost all of Ann Arbor, Livonia, etc. are entirely covered.

[Bearinabox]

Agreed. Some of the most heavily-traveled and visited areas of Detroit like Midtown and New Center are not in Street View, while other areas like the urban prairies on the far east side are covered extensively. Doesn't make any sense at all. Either the people driving the Google car had no idea what to make of our fair city, or they were stoned out of their minds. Meanwhile almost all of Ann Arbor, Livonia, etc. are entirely covered.

The far-east-side urban prairies are a fairly recent addition. Up until the last few months, there was almost no coverage of the east side at all. When they finally got around to it, they did the east side very thoroughly, and now every other part of the city is lacking in comparison. Oddly, though, all the newly-added parts of the east side show up as "Grosse Pointe, Michigan." Google used to be very reliable about correctly identifying city boundaries in the metro area, so it's disappointing to see them take a step back there.