Google Earth is getting a new facility on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. The 3D Interactive Map and Globe application completed its 20th anniversary on June 10, and to mark the occasion, Mountain view-based tech veteran is adding the historic street view imagery feature. This feature was first added to maps last year, and now it is also being expanded on Google Earth. With this, users will be able to see images of a neighborhood in different years.
Google Earth completes 20 years
One in blog postTech veteran announced a new facility for Google Earth and said, “Today, we are celebrating this milestone birthday, bringing historical street view imagery to Google Earth.” With this feature, users can see different areas of the planet as they saw in different years. This feature supports the street view with a bird’s eye view.
In particular, there was convenience First introduced in Google Maps in September 2024This allows users to detect the developed geography of a particular place using the company’s satellite and library of aerial images. The maps version of the feature allows users to go for 80 years in the past. This facility also runs on social media as users tried to see their childhood homes again.
Apart from innovation, Google claims that this feature will also help general users and experts to understand how changing climate and human intervention affect forests, lakes and other geographies.
Historical Street View Imagery on Maps also introduced a timeleps mode that shows a slide show of changes of a location over the period of time. This feature is called an interactive experience manufactured from millions of satellite images.
Google is also Introduction Google Earth Pro Gemini-Integrated AI-powered insights for users. This feature will allow users to ask information about geography such as the total tree canopy coverage, and more. The company will allow users to ask natural language questions and Google will get answers from the data of the earth. This facility will be added in the coming weeks, said the tech veteran.