[OSM-talk] Does Google use automated tracing from satellite imagery ?

[John Smith]

2009/11/23 Jean-Marc Liotier <jm at liotier.org>:
> So is anyone aware of automated tracing techniques that Google might be
> using ? Is automated tracing from legally available imagery something

I was under the impression that google used their mapmaker technology
and had employees, and since releasing it to the public others too, to
trace out areas, if it's so hit and miss it's probably not automated.