Google Maps' street view function has been a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. Before moving to the UK, it was the single ...

Earth offers a high-resolution 3D rendering of the satellite data from Google Maps, letting you roam around pretty much anywhere in the world and see exactly what an area looks like.

In 2007, two years after Google Earth was launched, it partnered with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to map the Darfur genocide in real time. This was the sort of thing Gore had in mind for his ...

Google co-founder Larry Page wanted to create a 360-degree map of the world. Google. In touting its vast repository of mapping imagery, Google points to a feature called Live View.The tool uses ...

Also note that the older type of 3D model does not display in ‘Earth Mode’ in the new Google Maps. The best coverage is in ... Norwich, England, UK. Johann says. January 7, 2015 at 3:30 pm ...

Google Earth is changing the way we see the world – from space. BBC Future visits the lab where the satellites are made to find out what’s coming next.