Explore new features coming to Google Earth and take a look back at the major milestones of the platform since 2005.

As Google Earth turns twenty years old, Google is introducing a pair of new features and looking back at history.

This does have its drawbacks, as the Earth is round, but pages are flat, so what we see on a map is slightly distorted.Globes and maps are how we’ve seen the world for hundreds of years.

This does have its drawbacks, as the Earth is round, but pages are flat, so what we see on a map is slightly distorted.Globes and maps are how we’ve seen the world for hundreds of years.

As of today, Google Maps will now change its perspective from a flat view of the planet to 3D Globe Mode (as Google calls it), giving you a more accurate view of Earth. On the previous flat map ...

According to their score system, it is the most flat map of Earth. “Our map is actually more like the globe than other flat maps,” Gott added. “To see all of the globe, you have to rotate it ...

Map of India, Pakistan and Nepal are shown on a globe at a studio in London, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Globes in the age of Google Earth capture the imagination and serve as snapshots of how the ...

In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate and cars with built-in GPS, there's something about a globe - a spherical representation of the world in miniature - that somehow endures.

Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate and ...