Not yet for Google Earth. Google recently created historical imagery for Street View on Google Maps. If historical imagery is available then a clock and date will be displayed in the upper left of the map.
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To check if a location has Street View imagery, just jump to that location in either Google Maps or Google Earth then drag the orange "pegman" over the map. If blue lines appear on the map showing where Street View is available. And you'll see that Minot, North Dakota does indeed for Street View available.
Here is one of Google's announcements of ending Street View support for Google Earth versions 5.x and older. "With the most recent update to Google Earth (6.2), we are also finalizing our transition to a new method of delivering Street View imagery in Google Earth. This means, that the older versions of Google Earth (anything before 6.0) will no longer be able to access Street View. We held off making this change until now, when the vast majority of Google Earth users are on 6.0 (or later)." -- Google Jan 2012. Basically, Google decided to improve the Street View interfaces which would be implemented in the current versions of Google Earth for desktop and mobile platforms rather than keep supporting the older (less efficient) method of accessing Street View.
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.
When Google updates it street view photos in its image database then these updates are made available to Google Maps and Google Earth.
Not yet for Google Earth. Google recently created historical imagery for Street View on Google Maps. If historical imagery is available then a clock and date will be displayed in the upper left of the map.
You can, but it is a rather new functionality added to Google Maps / Google Earth, and at the moment, the street view is only available for major avenues and roads.
Google continuous captures street imagery in many cites around the world for Street View available in both Google Earth and Google Maps.You won't get advance notice when Google is taking pictures of a particular street unless you actually see the Google Street View car driving down the street. However, Google does provide the list of cities where Google cars are currently driving in. See related link below.
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth launched in 2007.
Google Earth and Google Maps show the most current Street View photos available in a given area whether they're 2011 or 2010.There is an option to show 'historical imagery' for Street View photos in Google Maps by checking the clock icon under the address but not yet in Google Earth. In Google Earth, you can enable 'historical imagery' under View menu and choose to see the satellite imagery for previous years.
by google map or google earth
To check if a location has Street View imagery, just jump to that location in either Google Maps or Google Earth then drag the orange "pegman" over the map. If blue lines appear on the map showing where Street View is available. And you'll see that Minot, North Dakota does indeed for Street View available.
In Google Earth v6 you drag the new orange "pegman" icon (found near the navigation controls) onto the map to enter Street View. As of Jan 2012 Google has discontinued Street View support in Google Earth 5.2 and earlier.
The web-cam layer can be found under Gallery called 'Webcams.travel'. In Google Earth v5.2 the Street View layer had used camera icons to identify where Street View photographs were available. As of v6.0 these camera icons have been replaced by blue lines showing where street view imagery can be found.
on Google earth but you have to download it first
Here is one of Google's announcements of ending Street View support for Google Earth versions 5.x and older. "With the most recent update to Google Earth (6.2), we are also finalizing our transition to a new method of delivering Street View imagery in Google Earth. This means, that the older versions of Google Earth (anything before 6.0) will no longer be able to access Street View. We held off making this change until now, when the vast majority of Google Earth users are on 6.0 (or later)." -- Google Jan 2012. Basically, Google decided to improve the Street View interfaces which would be implemented in the current versions of Google Earth for desktop and mobile platforms rather than keep supporting the older (less efficient) method of accessing Street View.