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essanews.com on MSN.com · Sep 24, 2024

Google Maps and Earth get AI-boosted satellite and street view

More changes are coming to Google Maps. Improved satellite images and more Street View photos are being added to the application. For Google Maps users, this means a greater ability to discover ...
Icon for mashable.comMashable · Feb 23, 2019

Google Maps' Satellite view is a lie — and it was almost called 'Bird Mode'

Google Maps was set to include the feature that we now know as "Satellite" view — the one that displays an aerial, real-world view of the map area. The problem was that the images that comprised ...
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A Starlink Satellite Might Have Photobombed Google Maps

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Starlink satellites aren’t just photobombing ...
Icon for mashable.comMashable · Apr 18, 2024

Google Maps to use satellites if you can't connect to a network, according to new report

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Icon for www.pcmag.comPC Magazine · Feb 26, 2019

Google Maps

A mapping and navigation application for desktop and mobile devices from Google. Maps provides turn-by-turn directions to a destination along with 2D and 3D satellite views, as well as public ...
Icon for arstechnica.comArs Technica · 24d

Here’s how a satellite ended up as a ghostly apparition on Google Earth

There's something else that now appears on Google Earth. Zoom in over rural North Texas, and you'll find a satellite. It appears five times in different colors, each projected over wooded ...
Icon for www.iflscience.comIFLScience · 22d

Google Maps Update Appears To Show Six Nuclear Submarines At China Naval Base

Updated Google Earth satellite images of a Chinese naval base appear to show at least six nuclear submarines, according to naval analyst Alex Luck. Google Maps is a pretty useful service ...
Hindustan Times on MSN.com · 22d

New satellite images on Google Maps show China’s growing submarine fleet near Taiwan: Report

At least six nuclear-powered submarines, including Type 091 and Type 093A, were spotted at China’s First Submarine Base near Qingdao in new satellite images.
Icon for www.theverge.comThe Verge · Apr 8, 2025

Google Maps is launching tools to help cities analyze infrastructure and traffic

Google is opening up its Google Maps Platform data so that cities ... like wildfire risk or deforestation, from satellite imagery, according to Google. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed ...
Icon for uk.pcmag.comPC Magazine · 25d

A Starlink Satellite Might Have Photobombed Google Maps

Starlink satellites aren’t just photobombing astronomy photos — they might be sneaking into Google Maps too. A Reddit user viewing an area of Texas using the satellite image layer on Google ...