how current are the satellite images?

I was looking at New Orleans.  Am I looking in the wrong
area, or am I
correct in assuming that the satellite images I am looking
at are very
dated.

rmalcus wrote:
> I was looking at New Orleans.  Am I looking in the
wrong area, or am I
> correct in assuming that the satellite images I am
looking at are very
> dated.

I think the images are anywhere up to several years old. It
says in the
Help/FAQ, so look there.

If you're talking about getting pictures of New Orleans
during the
hurricaine, I do believe you need an overlay for that. 
(Google posted
some in the days following)  I'm not sure if there are any
very recent
ones though

http://earth.goo
gle.com/katrina.html [earth.google.com]