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The Google Earth Time Machine

December 28, 2012

One of my favorite features of Google Earth is the historical imagery tool. Being able to click a button and view imagery from years past is an amazing. If you’re not familiar with this feature, here’s a quick overview of how it works:


Taking advantage of this feature, Brian Schrock has set up a blog called the Google Earth Time Machine, which shows comparisons of various locations via the historical imagery tool. A great example are the two images below, which show the results of when a dam was placed on the Berg River in South Africa.
time-machine.jpg

He’s also posted some animations that make it easy to see the changes to a particular area. A great example of that is London as they prepared for the 2012 Olympic Games. This image shows the area in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012:
london

Brian has posted dozens of examples over the past few years, and it’s worth your time to check them out at googleearthtimemachine.blogspot.com.
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About Mickey Mellen

Mickey has been using Google Earth since it was released in 2005, and has created a variety of geo-related sites including Google Earth Hacks. He runs a web design firm in Marietta, GA, where he lives with his wife and two kids.

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  1. SpiderX22 says

    December 31, 2012 at 6:14 am

    Speaking of historical images, it seems like the “historical” google maps streetview images no longer work.
    Example: this used to show 16 Panavia Tornadoes over London, but now leads to blank skies: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=es&ll=51.527856,-0.058343&spn=0.003391,0.010568&cbll=51.528252,-0.058998&layer=c&cbp=13,10.4,,1,-33.29&panoid=9TayhSX00sRk887AFPfxVw&t=m&z=17



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