Is Google Maps and Google Earth the same thing?

Google Maps doesn't display the imagery dates, but Google Earth does. That's Google Earth the desktop application not the 'Earth' mode found in Google Maps. Google reports that the imagery in Google Maps and Google Earth is on average one to three years old. Since both use the same imagery database you only need to visit the same area in Google Earth and enable the 'Status Bar' in View menu to show the approximate imagery date for a given area in the lower-left corner of the screen.

It can run google maps which is basically the same thing. Answer #2 There are a number of significant differences between Google Earth and Google Maps. Earth is a desktop application (also available as a browser plugin) for advanced 3-D views while Google Maps is a web-browser based application for 2-D views. Google Maps also has a 'Earth' view for those clients that support the browser plugin and Google Earth API. See related links below to download Google Earth onto a mobile device. If phone is not supported then you simply won't be able to install it.

Google Maps doesn't display the imagery dates, but Google Earth does. That's Google Earth the desktop application not the 'Earth' mode found in Google Maps. Since both use the same imagery database you only need to visit the same area in Google Earth and enable the 'Status Bar' in View menu to show the approximate imagery date in lower-left corner of the screen.

Earth view is a feature in Google Maps (available since 2010) that allows you to see the same high-resolution imagery, terrain, and 3D buildings that are available in the desktop version of Google Earth. Earth view mode in Google Maps is only available to those that have installed Google Earth. It uses the Google Earth plugin in your web browser.

Google Earth is a 3D earth viewer (run as desktop application) and Google Maps is a web browser-based 2-D map viewer. Both share the same Google global imagery database with satellite and aerial imagery including Street View photographs. Google Maps is now integrated with Google Earth both with the web-browser plugin version of Google Earth embedded in the browser with the 'Earth' view button. Likewise as of Google Earth 6.0 in the File menu you can now select 'View in Google Maps'. This new integration blurs the line between the two products.

Google Maps uses the same satellite data as Google Earth and updated together usually once or twice a month. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Google Both Google Earth and Google Maps are updated with bulk updates usually once or twice every month but NOT every area is updated on each update.

For Street View imagery the date of a Street View is displayed bottom right of the image (but not the time). For dates of the base imagery in Google Maps you'll need to use Google Earth and locate the same location and zoom level for the same view to see the imagery date. For whatever reason the imagery dates are not shown in Google Maps. Google Earth (unlike Google Maps) has historical imagery showing all previous versions of imagery that Google has for the particular area. See related question to show dates in Google Earth.

Google Earth is a 3D earth viewer (run as desktop or mobile application) and Google Maps is a web-based 2-D map viewer with street and satellite views. For desktop platforms, Google Earth is a standalone application that first must be installed while Google Maps is run from a web browser. Client apps exist for both on some mobile platforms so that the distinction between the two gets blurred. Both Google Earth and Google Maps share the same Google global imagery database with satellite and aerial imagery including Street View photographs.

Literally, it's the same as a old atlas (a book of maps), only newer. Figuratively, Mapquest, Google Maps, Google Earth, etc. can be considered modern atlases, as they are also collections of maps.

Google Maps uses the same satellite data and Street View imagery as Google Earth. Google acquires the best imagery available, most of which is approximately one to three years old.

New Google Earth satellite imagery is added approximately every 2 weeks or a twice a month. Street View imagery is updated on its own schedule. The same imagery that is added for Google Earth is available to Google Maps as well.

Google Earth 6 is the most current version of Google Earth. As for the satellite imagery and layers hosted by Google, the same data appears on Google Earth 5 and Google Earth 6 alike. In fact, Google Maps for the most part shows the same satellite imagery as that in Google Earth but sometimes the imagery updates for one is slightly ahead of the other. The frequency of imagery updates is answered in a related question. See related questions for details.

Google offers the same services in Persian as it does in English. Things like Gmail, Translate, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Docs, Youtube are all available in Persian.

For Street View imagery the date of a Street View is displayed bottom right of the image (but not the time). For dates of base imagery try Google Earth for the same scene which shows the imagery date. Google Earth (unlike Google Maps) has historical imagery showing all previous versions of imagery that Google has for the particular area.

Google Maps uses the same satellite data as Google Earth, most of which is approximately one to three years old. The roads and place names, etc. are updated on a continuous basis. Google does not provide detailed information about when a specific area will be updated in advance but you can receive e-mail notification when your area of interest was updated.

No, Google and Google Plus are not the same thing. Google is a search engine (like Bing). Google+ is a social network (like Facebook).

maps aren't better then maps because there the same thing

In 2006 Google Maps was updated to use the same satellite image database as Google Earth. Before that Google had to update and process imagery for both Google Earth and Google Maps where the maps where often out of sync with each other. Now Google updates its central map & imagery database and the updates are made available to both Google Earth and Google Maps at once. The time between getting imagery from satellite and seeing it on Google Maps is far from real-time. Once the imagery is taken by satellite, it takes time to process the data by a commercial provider like GeoEye before it is available to Google and other customers. Google will do additional processing to convert imagery into the format and coordinate system of its internal databases. This is one reason you normally won't find any imagery younger than about 6 months. For these reasons, the Google map & imagery database is updated once or twice a month.

Google Maps provides satellite and map views in addition to Street Views. The satellite view of Google Maps uses the same backend satellite imagery database used by Google Earth. The satellite imagery are typically from the GeoEye or DigitalGlobe owned satellites, and some of the imagery are actually aerial photos from aircraft using special high resolution cameras.

On January 23, 2006, Google Maps was updated to use the same satellite image database as Google Earth. On March 12, 2006, Google Mars was launched, which features a draggable map and satellite imagery of the planet Mars. Source Wikipedia.

As I've been searching over the internet. The most updated maps can be found in Google (either by maps.google.com or through Google Earth 4.3). Using Google Earth, you can zoom in to the street level, make labels and then save the photo as JPG file. You can also try wikimapia. It's based on Google maps but with additions from users (same concept as wikipedia) Have Fun. Cheer, Mohammad

Maps and globes both do the same thing - show a representation of the earth in different scales. the difference between the two is - a globe is a 3D version of a map !

Google Earth and Google Maps share the same satellite image database and are updated together on the same cycle which is usually once or twice every month. Earlier the updates were every 60 days. Bing Maps (formerly MS Virtual Earth) updates its maps roughly on a monthly basis. Other map services like Yahoo Maps should have a similar update schedule. It takes months of post processing new imagery before they go online so updates don't happen faster. Updates are announced to several Google Earth blogs. Google has also created a notification service from users can be e-mail notification when a particular area has been updated. See related links section for these URLs.

People are not visible on Google Maps from the air because of the same reason that you can't see people on Earth from a plane. They're too small to perceive from satellite height in our sunlight without specialist zooming optics. If you double-click a road on Google Maps to enter "street-view" mode, you will actually see people.

There are quite a few map websites available online such as Yahoo, Rand McNally, Bing and Mapquest. These maps give the same information as Google Maps.