In other words, Google Earth isn’t always updated in real time. If you see a date range, it means the image may be multiple photos merged together in a seamless photo. Google Earth will typically give you a specific date or date range for satellite and aerial photos. You may have even seen those Google cars yourself. Street View photos are taken by Google Street View cars, which drive around different areas in countries all across the globe and take pictures. When you zoom in, you will also see Street View photos, which are up-close images of buildings, streets, and landmarks.
In addition to satellite pictures, it collects aerial photos from aircraft. Google Earth actually uses a collection of different types of images – it doesn’t rely solely on satellite imagery. You can pick a point anywhere in the world and zoom in to see it up close. This parcel polygon can even be exported so that anyone with Google Earth installed on their computer can see our parcel superimposed in their own 3D application you can zoom, rotate, and check potential views while knowing the parcel boundaries from all angles.Google Earth is a program that allows you to see up-close satellite views of the earth. But, it has since been a great resource for determining topography, relationships to surrounding parcels and forest, house siting, view opportunities, and more. Since our parcel is far from a simple rectangle, this took some doing. I referenced a number of different data sources (county info, plat maps, MLS aerial images) and hand drew the outline of our parcel into Google Earth. Google Earth enables the creation of polygon shapes which can be directly overlaid onto the topography of the 3D land. There is now even a mashup website called Zoom Earth ( ) that combines satellite imagery from multiple sites for the same location you can quickly jump from one source of satellite photo to the next by a quick click. Other options are out there as well, but these two are currently the best and most useful for property analysis.
Then Microsoft’s Virtual Earth ( went in a different direction with 2D high resolution “Birds Eye” pictures of many locations taken from north, south, east, and west views looking down at a 45 degree angle. Google Earth ( first raised the bar with its integration of aerial photography onto 3D topographic representations for anywhere in the world. The detail available from free online satellite imagery is getting progressively more amazing.
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