Over 220 countries and territories mapped and hundreds of millions of businesses and places on the map. See the world from above with high-resolution satellite imagery, explore 3D terrain and buildings in hundreds of cities, and dive in to streets and neighborhoods with Street Views 360° perspectives. Navigate your world faster and easier with Google Maps. He’s worked at Google for over 14 years and he gave me an aerial view (pun intended) of how satellite imagery works. Create and collaborate on immersive, data-driven maps from anywhere, with the new Google Earth.

To answer these questions, I reached out to our satellite imagery techspert, Matt Manolides. In this example I’ve added the URL for Google Satellite. In the new window enter a name for the new connection and provide the URL to the tiled map service (from the table above), then click OK. This will open a new window to enter the connection details. But how does satellite imagery actually work? How often are images updated? What are some of the biggest challenges to bringing satellite imagery to more than 1 billion users? Right-click on ‘XYZ Tiles’ and select ‘New Connection’. Capturing the world from above is a huge undertaking, matching millions of images to precise locations. Today, satellite imagery is one of the most popular features on Google Maps. For most of human history, it was impossible to even imagine what Earth looked like from above, and only in the past century have we been able to capture it. It’s thrilling to watch cars move, see skyscrapers cast shadows on the street or check out the reflection of the sun in a body of water. A visual way to travel 360 imagery helps you know where to go and what to expect when traveling. (And I can’t wait to start flying again… or at least get out of my apartment.) Not because I’m annoyed by the beverage cart hitting my elbows (though I am), or because I like to blankly stare out at the endless sky (which I do), but because I enjoy looking down at the streets, buildings and skyline of my destination as we land. When flying, I am firmly a window seat person.

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