Want to learn more about Google Maps and Street View? Book an internet lesson now. N.B.Historic imagery isn’t available for everywhere in Street View.To exit Street View, click the back (left) arrow in the original dark grey box. Below are a couple of videos demonstrating how I used Google Earth to visually render my Liverpool ancestors’ lives in different ways.You can also navigate your way around Street View just as you would in a more up-to-date map. You can change the year by clicking on the slider again.
Street View will then show you historical views. Use the slider that appears to go further back in time, then click on the small map above the slider.When the man lands, the map changes to show you street imagery, and a dark grey box appears at the top left of the map. Click the tiny clock symbol in the dark grey square – see screenshot below. Satellite Imagery- Photos of the terrain of the world taken by satellite mounted cameras.These images are taken from several miles up in space and show land and buildings, but not in street level detail.If it doesn’t work for you the first time you will need to try again!). (To do this, left click on the yellow man at the bottom right of the map and, keeping the mouse button held down, drag him across the screen, only letting go when you are on top of the road or place you want to look at. Drag and drop the yellow ‘Pegman’ onto the desired street.Open Google Maps and find the area you want to look at.While GE and Maps share most of the same database, there are differences in functionality. Did you know that you can literally step back in time with Google Street View’s imagery archives? That means you can probably check out where you live to see how it has changed over time. You can select Earth view in Maps but you wont have all the controls that GE has.