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In Google Earth select 'Historical Imagery' under View menu. This shows a timeline slider from which to select available satellite and aerial imagery allowing you to travel back in time to see how things looked in the past.
As of GE 6.0 there is time indicator in the status bar [lower-left of the map] showing the oldest imagery available.
For example, if you're in London then you can jump to 1945 to see WWII imagery.
3-D Building layer
Note that the 3-D building layer are current buildings and not associated with any particular time period so you may want to turn off this layer otherwise it may not match well with the older imagery.
Newer Imagery
Sometimes there are actually newer imagery available in Historical Imagery due to Google's quality control process such as the newer image having more clouds or other defects making the older image "better".
Street View
Street View is not yet available in Historical Imagery to see older photographs.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoIn Google Earth you see can the most current imagery available as well as older imagery that Google makes available. On average in the imagery found in Google Earth is 3 years old. In some parts of London and Berlin there are images dated back to 1940s. You can see what older imagery is available by turning on the 'Historical Imagery' option in the View menu which enables a time slider on the top-left from which you can select various dates.
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∙ 6y agoGoogle Earth Desktop application has a Historical Imagery view to display imagery from previous years. Historical Imagery can be enabled in the View menu of Google Earth or Google Earth Pro.
Enable Historical Imagery then a time slider will appear on top-left showing the available times for imagery. Check if the year 2000 is included in the time slider and pick that time to change the time of the displayed imagery. Imagery in one area (city, country, etc.) for a given time does not guarantee imagery is available in another area.
Historical Imagery is not available on the mobile Google Earth app.
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How get real-time pics of Google Earth?
The aerial, satellite, and Street View imagery in Google Earth is not real-time (or live). But there is also a webcam layer integrated into Google Earth (enabled in Gallery layer) that can show "live" scenes at selected locations.
Can you view old maps from 2000 to 2005 in Google Maps or earth Very important please reply?
Google Maps doesn't allow you to see old imagery but using Google Earth you can enable historical imagery in the View menu and pick the time period in the time slider that appears.However, availability is location-specific so you may find imagery for a given year in one area and not another. Whenever Google updates its imagery typically the older imagery will become available under historical imagery.Historical imagery feature is not yet available for Street View imagery -- only satellite and aerial imagery.
Why won't Google Earth work?
Google Earth has tools you could use. You can type in an address and see the actual place, or you can search the world yourself by spinning the globe and zooming into locations.Also, click the link below for more on how it's done!AdditionallyGoogle Earth provides access to vast amounts of global satellite, aerial and street-level imagery that Google makes available to the public through high-end enterprise-grade data servers in Google's data centers. The Google Earth client basically acts as a specialized web browser that shows the results on a map and "bookmarks" or "favorites" are called Places.
Can you get real-time imagery in Google Earth?
Imagery and photos including Street view photos in Google Earth (or Google Maps) may appear real-time (or live) but it is NOT and often takes months of post processing before new imagery becomes available on Google Earth/Maps.This is one reason why you usually do not find any imagery younger than about 6 months in Google Earth/Maps. Updates usually happen about every 2-3 weeks and only to particular areas not the entire globe all at once.While the imagery is not real-time, Google is making some layers such as traffic and the cloud weather layer available near real-time and refreshed every few hours.There is also a new webcam layer integrated into Google Earth that can show "live" scenes at selected locations.Also, there are third party data feeds such as real-time flight tracking available.
How can you give updated information to Google Earth?
Google providers a data error reporting form (via website) to submit corrections to google's imagery, street names, directions, and so forth. By far the easiest way to provide updated information is through the new Google Map Maker tool. This allows you to directly move addresses to the correct location, change type of marker, etc. Submissions get reviewed and if approved get pushed back out to Google Earth and Google Maps.
How do you see older images on Google Maps?
Google Maps doesn't let you toggle between current and historical imagery as does Google Earth. In Google Earth select 'Historical Imagery' under View menu. This shows a timeline slider from which to select available satellite and aerial imagery allowing you to travel back in time to see how things looked in the past.
Why do presidents look older over time?
Presidents look older over time because they have experienced stress of the politics and all the things a president has to do. Stress and depression causes you to look older.
How get real-time pics of Google Earth?
The aerial, satellite, and Street View imagery in Google Earth is not real-time (or live). But there is also a webcam layer integrated into Google Earth (enabled in Gallery layer) that can show "live" scenes at selected locations.
How does Google Street View on Google Earth differ from the one that is part of Google Maps?
The Street View images that are used are not necessarily taken at the same time as the images that are used in the mapping version of these online tools. Therefore one might be a couple of years older than the other.
Are Google earth pictures taken in real time?
yes
Why is google earth using an older satellite photo of your house than a few years ago?
On average the image in Google Earth and Google Maps is 3 years old.This is largely due to the staggering size of the planet and data requirements to capture it all, and the lengthy time needed to process imagery from a variety of sources into the Google imagery database, in addition to the costs of getting the imagery. See related links for details.
Is Google Earth real-time?
The aerial, satellite, and StreetView imagery in Google Earth is not real-time (or live). In fact, the imagery is on average 1-3 years old.However, Google is making some layers such as traffic and weather available near real-time and refreshed every few hours.There is also a new webcam layer integrated into Google Earth that can show "live" scenes at selected locations.Also, there are third party data feeds such as real-time flight tracking available so over time more and more data are showing up in Google Earth and Google Maps.
How long is the driving time from Wilson NC to Somerset PA?
If You Get Google Earth Or Google Map Directions, You Will Find Out.
Is Google Maps and Google Earth the same thing?
no Google map is the map of the whole earth, Google earth is the more high tech , it is when you can street view any were in the world, by typing in the address, when u do this, it takes to the doorstep, of the requested address you put in
How do you get Google Earth to display day time instead of night time?
It always display daytime
How can you your little sister?
Why would you want to do this? As the older one you should be nice to her and spend time with her. You are lucky to have a little sister that(or one day will) look up to you. When you get older you look back on this time you had with her.
What does Google Earth Clock do?
Google Earth Clock displays the time using different images of the earth to represent each number. Each individual image can be viewed and explored further by zooming in on that image.
