Hmm my Google Maps shows the same 2026 date but when I compare to the Google Earth June 27, 2024 images I’m seeing the same cars in the same exact spots, like the white car right outside of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Hospital
That may be correct, I always thought that was the date the imagery was taken, but I typically go to Earth first because you can easily scrub back and forth along the timeline. Interestingly, if you go back to the 2023 images you can see that 2024 was a big year for solar already. That pace continuing into 2025 and 2026 could definitely result in the area looking like the image in the OP. Wish we had location data from the original so we could see when and where it was taken as I’m super curious now. And its a slow day at work so I have time to dig around lol
My Google Maps says 2026 on the bottom of it.
I’ve highlighted the solar panels I could see, around Salloum Hospital:
It’s great to see so many but it’s way more scattered and patchy than in the OP photo.
Hmm my Google Maps shows the same 2026 date but when I compare to the Google Earth June 27, 2024 images I’m seeing the same cars in the same exact spots, like the white car right outside of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Hospital
Ahh, so maybe on Google Maps that’s just a copyright statement rather than really when the imagery was taken. So I’m looking at quite old information.
That may be correct, I always thought that was the date the imagery was taken, but I typically go to Earth first because you can easily scrub back and forth along the timeline. Interestingly, if you go back to the 2023 images you can see that 2024 was a big year for solar already. That pace continuing into 2025 and 2026 could definitely result in the area looking like the image in the OP. Wish we had location data from the original so we could see when and where it was taken as I’m super curious now. And its a slow day at work so I have time to dig around lol
There’s this photo from the same location in a Aljazeera article on the area. Apparently they are the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods.
Oh thank you, and that’s from Jan this year. Haven’t found the exact location yet but those neighborhoods are very close to where I was looking