Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
I've found that driveways and even tractor paths to some farmer's fields can sometimes be labeled as 'roads' in Google Maps. You must take them with a grain of salt.
Which is why I looked at the satellite images
Google says they refresh the images several times per year, but I know they didn't update pics of my property for a couple of years. Maybe they mean the more populous areas?
Could be, especially in 3rd World countries. Though I was in a municipality with a population of over a million people the area I was in was pretty rural.