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Google Earth has just turned 20 – and to celebrate, Google has given it a new historical street view feature plus some ...
Google Earth will now let you look at historical imagery from Street View. The update, which comes as part of the tool’s 20th ...
As Google Earth turns twenty years old, Google is introducing a pair of new features and looking back at history.
Immersive View for routes, Photorealistic 3D Tiles, new route customization capabilities, and reusable web components are other Google Maps improvements. Using the new Aerial View API, developers ...
Google Earth aerial images now available for Maps for Business Written by Rachel King, Contributor July 16, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. PT Google Maps for Business customers can now purchase and use Google ...
In 2005, Google’s exec team (Larry, Sergey, etc) had a weekly product review meeting. We had launched Google Maps in February, and by summer, we’d integrated satellite imagery from our Keyhole ...
Google's 3D "immersive view" isn't completely ready, but you can get a glimpse of it starting today. The company is rolling out updates to Google Maps for Android and iOS that introduce aerial ...
The images behind Immersive View are all computer-generated, a combination of Google’s satellite captures and its Street View shots. As you move through them, it looks like playing a video game ...
The Google Maps Platform is offering a preview of an Aerial View API for locations in the US starting today. Developers can use this to add "a pre-packaged, birds-eye view video" of a location to ...
Google Maps imagery taken at 34°03'17.8" N 118°13'32.2" W showing the words “HELP” and “TRAFICO” are real. But police say there’s no evidence of human trafficking. Skip Navigation ...
Apparently, back in 2005, there was what Taylor described as a "geeky holy war" occurring on the Google Maps team. Google Maps was set to include the feature that we now know as "Satellite" view ...
Taking to Facebook, Gemma said: "Well, I won't be trusting an aerial view on Google anytime soon!" The satellite and aerial images in Google Earth are taken by cameras on satellites and aircraft ...