As the title says I've run into an issue. This is the first time that I have this problem and I think that it might be related to the 2022 (R4?) release since I just got that yesterday.

 

Anyway here's what PV*SOL shows as map data when selecting Google satellite 

 

 

And here's the same place when I check it in a browser 

 

It seems like PV*SOL is getting old data from Google even though it says that the data is from 2022, I can assure you that this data is at least 2 years old.

 

I can work around this so it's not a big deal for this case but I don't think that it's supposed to be like this and I've never seen any discrepancy between PV*SOL's map and the browser map before.  

After a bit of digging this isn't a 2022 issue since I get the same results in 2021. Maybe I'm just lucky that I've never encountered this before.

 

If I understand correctly the map data isn't actually Google map data but rather Tele Atlas data. Is that correct? 

 

 

Hi Jimmy,

thanks for reporting this, and thanks for the coordinates as private message. We will be able to fix this in the new version PV*SOL premium 2022 R5.

Kind regards,

Martin

Hi Martin,

When will R5 be released? I'm getting a lot of these outdated maps and it adds extra and less precise workflow since I have to screenshot the maps and do the measurement manually.

 

Kind regards

Hi Jimmy,

we are sorry that you are experiencing this flaw with the outdated maps more often now. It seems that Google is updating its map material region-wise, and most probably you are planning a lot in a region where Google is currently updating.

We do not have a release date for R5 yet, I am afraid. It will be released in the coming weeks, but when exactly is not yet decided.

Kind regards,

Martin

I've experienced this too, though more often than not, switching to the other options available; Bing map, Bing hybrid map or Google Hybrid map is magic, and works well

Google Hybrid actually seems to work well! Thanks a lot Jordn!