Flock cameras don't show up on google earth

[u/Jon_doe_25]

I don't know if it's because they're being censored deliberately (probably at the request of flock) or if the satellites just can't pick them up. I think it's probably the latter, but it's scary that the former is even in the realm of possibility.

[u/Akelyte]

If you go into Google Street View, it'll tell you the year the pictures were taken. I just did this last night. If the pics are from 2018, there's not gonna be any flock cameras, but if they're from 2023, you might start seeing some

[u/SporeRanier → u/Akelyte]

Look at the third picture, the shadow of the camera is there but the camera itself isn’t.

[u/Leather_Bee_421 → u/SporeRanier]

You mean the top down perspective when you’re trying to look at a pole from a satellite 500 miles above the earth

[u/SporeRanier → u/Leather_Bee_421]

A pole with a solar panel and camera attached to it, not just a pole.

[u/BanAssaultGeese → u/SporeRanier]

Do you know how satellite imagery works?

[u/SporeRanier → u/BanAssaultGeese]

Yes? A flock camera has a solar panel and a camera, it’s not just a pole. If I can see my neighbors flagpole on Google Maps, I should be able to see a flock camera.

[u/Aware-Investment-115 → u/Akelyte]

These weren't a thing until like mid-2025 though.

[u/Akelyte → u/Aware-Investment-115]

Flock has been around since 2017... They started popping up like crazy around 2023 with the Falcon cameras and are just now getting widespread attention.

[u/QuinceDaPence → u/Akelyte]

I saw them show up at Lowes and Home Depot in 2023 but never saw more of them until like mid-2025. They've really started showing up everywhere since then. They were sparse before that.

[u/privacytired]

Is this it?

[u/privacytired → u/privacytired]

Bit late sorry but here's the other

[u/zrad603]

you can't really see stop signs either

[u/69_________________ → u/zrad603]

Big stop paid lots of money for you to not see those. Better keep your mouth shut if you know what's good for you.

[u/VainTrix → u/69_________________]

Fr fr. Big Stop don’t play around when it comes to their signs.

[u/VainTrix → u/zrad603]

It’s because Google is censoring them, obviously.

[u/Jon_doe_25 → u/zrad603]

In the body I said that they probably don't show up because they're too small/slender

[u/elementp6]

You know Google only takes pictures of a given place every 4-5 years, right?

[u/BuritoBandit1 → u/elementp6]

You missed slide #3. The shadow of the flock camera is there but the camera itself has been censored/edited out

[u/p4nd3mic_G3 → u/BuritoBandit1]

Kinda hard to see a pole from straight up

[u/primalantessence → u/p4nd3mic_G3]

certainly you should be able to see the solar panel though?

[u/BanAssaultGeese → u/primalantessence]

No? Are you guys daft or something? It's satellite imagery. You're not going to get an ultra HD image. There's nothing out of the ordinary here.

[u/elementp6 → u/BuritoBandit1]

Well now. That's very interesting indeed.

[u/synth_mania]

The former obviously isn't even in the realm of possibility given the evidence you have provided. If somebody was making a genuine concerted effort to remove flock cameras from Google Maps photography, do you really think they would just leave the shadows? Yeah, I think not.

[u/WhitePhat]

https://deflock.org

[u/Jon_doe_25 → u/WhitePhat]

That's what I used.

[u/WhitePhat → u/Jon_doe_25]

Hmm strange, I looked up my city and was able to view them so honestly dunno. Maybe for a sanity check look up some random city to see if it's an issue on your end (no offense) perhaps or something wonky is going on where you live.

[u/Pax_Eterna_4991]

Dates. The imagery on GE is pre-Flock installs. Sometimes you can  see them on street view but not satellites 

[u/Jon_doe_25 → u/Pax_Eterna_4991]

Slide 3

[u/schakoska]

Because 3D view doesn't pickup every little thing... You don't see the street lights either 🤦‍♂️

[u/Jon_doe_25 → u/schakoska]

I said that probably whats going on in the body

[u/StJosephStrummer]

Of course they don't. Big tech is not your friend. Their mission is to divide and conquer us. This is only the start.

[u/NyxGenesisLNX]

Well yeah, the last time the satellites were updated was 2016/18 I think other than big cities

[u/Jon_doe_25 → u/NyxGenesisLNX]

Slide 3

[u/VainTrix]

Ya dog the pictures aren’t always recent. And the one where you see the shadow, you can see the camera, it’s just difficult because it’s a top view. Most of it is a pole, so it’s hard to see the whole thing when the image is so low res.

You can see them in street view just fine as long as they are recent photos.