Far too many times I have looked at images on Google Maps Street View and wished that, instead of covering the same roads multiple times, the vehicles would go out and capture either the roads that are only in low resolution (2007-09) or the many, many roads that have never been traveled.
I finally got part of my wish — in Tama County. The GMSV vehicle came through and covered not only every paved road in the county but also every street in every town. It didn’t go everywhere on gravel, but that’s obviously understandable if it gets us streets in towns faster.
The images are from November, which means we have a nice perpetual fall look. It also means that some things hidden during the growing season are revealed. Specifically, the images show that a sizable portion of the northwest part of Dinsdale’s 1920-21 school building — not just the roof but the front exterior — has collapsed.