- Google Earth is celebrating 20th birthday this month
- He has just added a new historical characteristic of views to the street to travel in time
- Pro users will also receive updates with AI to help with urban planning
Google Earth has just turned 20 and Globe Digital has collected a feature that could be an addictive in time of time: the historical view of the street.
Yes, we have been able to travel around our cities and previous houses for years on Google Maps, but Google Earth feels like a natural home for the function, given its most immersive 3D views and satellite images. And as of today, Google Earth now offers Street View with that historic menu bar.
That means that you can visit famous buildings and reference points (such as the ship’s building in New York city) and effectively monitor its construction. To do that, find a location on Google Earth, drag the Pegman icon (down to the right) on the street, click ‘See more dates’ and use the film strip menu to choose the year.
Around the main cities and reference points, Street View images are updated so regularly now that their snapshots often have only months of difference, but in most areas each or two are renewed. That opens a great nostalgia potential, particularly if the shots have frozen someone you know in time.
Give life to history
To celebrate Earth’s birthday, Google has also performed thuslapsos of its favorite historical air views, which unite satellite photos for several decades. This feature was available on the web and mobile versions of the Earth last year: to find it, go to the layer icon and light the alternation of ‘historical images’.
A fascinating example is the aerial vision of the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris (above), which Google did exclusively for us. It shows the Gothic icon from 1943 to its unfortunate fire in 2019, followed by its recent reconstruction.
But other examples that Google has chosen include a view of Berlin, from its postwar devastation to the Berlin wall and its modern incarnation, in addition to the impressive growth of Las Vegas and San Francisco during the decades.
There is a great possibility that Google Earth, once again, sends me a one -hour rabbit burrow with these views to the street and tricks of historical images. But it is also giving professional users some new features driven by AI in “The Weeks Weeks”, with characteristics such as ‘Tree canopy’ and heat maps that show temperatures of the land surface that underlines the potential of the land for urban planning.
That perhaps suggests the treats with Gemini to non -professional users in the future. But for now, I have a more than enough treasure search to keep myself busy.
