In Sept. of 2025, I noticed that the Google Maps car came around and took a new picture of my house and driveway. At the time, we were getting a concrete patio poured in the back, so the patio furniture was in the driveway. I noticed my dog was peeing in the picture and sent it to my wife and had a laugh.

Cut to today. I went back to look for him again and he was gone. Not only was he gone, but the angle of the shot had changed. If they had come back at a different time, then why do the clouds align when I move back and forth?

What doesn’t make sense is that he should still be there. It’s the same day, same time and everything. I can tell because when I go over to my neighbor’s front yard I can still see him peeing here:

The clouds align in the shot where we see him from the neighbor’s yard to the new shot where is gone.

Where did my dog go?

Picture of the dog in question:

  • MartianSands@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    If you’re sure it’s the same day, then I’ll bet they take far more photos than they actually use. Those photos go into some database somewhere, and they have a program which goes through them all and picks the ones it needs to generate street view.

    What must have happened is that they’ve made a change to that software for some reason, or possibly they’ve gotten new photos somewhere nearby, so they’ve run it again and it’s picked different photos to use this time