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March 26, 2009
Using Street View in Google Earth
With millions of new people finding out about Street View (thanks to more countries like the UK, Netherlands, Spain, and France getting Street View), it's time to post a "How To" on using Street View in Google Earth. Street View in Google Earth is a more 3D-like experience than Google Maps. The Google Maps implementation of Street View is in some ways handier - such as the use of Street View with directions, or the ability to embed Street Views on a web site. But, Google Earth has its advantages with Street View as well.
So, how do you use Street View in Google Earth? This "How To" video gives you a good overview of how Street View works and looks in Google Earth:
For those of you who prefer written instructions - read this:
The first thing you'll need to do is look for the Street View layer on the lower left of Google Earth and turn it on by clicking the little box to the left. Then look for the gold camera icons as you zoom into a street location of interest. If you single-click the left mouse button on a Street View camera icon, you get a placemark that shows the photo. Click the link there to enter the Street View image. Or, double-click to fly straight in.
Street View in Google Earth uses the special Photo Viewer tool which lets you pan around the inside of a 3D projected photo. Street View images are spherical panoramas allowing you to look around 360 degrees side-to-side and up-down. You can even see the spherical Street View photos as you zoom in close over a street. With Google Earth, you can adjust the transparency of the images and compare the background 3D terrain or 3D buildings (if available) and see that the Street View photos match the surrounding area. You can also turn on other layers such as the Geographic Web (including photos), Roads, Dining, Lodging, etc. to get more information on an area.
So, get out there and explore the millions of Street View images already available in several countries: US, France, Spain, Japan, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Netherlands, England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Posted by FrankTaylor at March 26, 2009 3:41 PM
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Comments
Posted by: MiG at March 30, 2009 11:47 AM
In July 2009 I was able to get a street view of my Daughters house in Conroe Texas. Now most of the Street View icons in her neighborhood are gone.
Was there a reason for this?
Posted by: Greg at September 18, 2009 11:27 PM
Try to show acurate map streets
Posted by: Niket at October 29, 2009 8:12 AM
I cannot find street view in the layers. Do I need a different version of G/E
Posted by: Sparky5458 at November 22, 2009 9:19 AM
I do not have "Street View" on my Google earth. How do I get it?
Posted by: Richard at January 23, 2010 8:32 PM
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just looked at some streetview images from Edinburgh, and spotted one of the streetview cars in the images. it seems that google used more than one vehicle to make the images. you can see it at the following location:
55.949435° -3.192856°
copy and paste into the "fly to" bar, turn on streetview, zoom down and click the camera icon right next to the location