Google Earth lets users 'time travel' as app marks 20th year
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Google Earth lets users 'time travel' as app marks 20th year
Arthur Fuentes,
ABS-CBN News
Published Jun 26, 2025 09:06 PM PHT

Google Earth is marking its 20th year by integrating a "time travel" feature directly into the app.
Google Earth is marking its 20th year by integrating a "time travel" feature directly into the app.
The Silicon Valley giant said the Historical Street View Imagery feature "allows users to travel back in time and see how places have transformed over the years, offering a unique perspective on the ever-changing world around us."
The Silicon Valley giant said the Historical Street View Imagery feature "allows users to travel back in time and see how places have transformed over the years, offering a unique perspective on the ever-changing world around us."
A test of the feature showed how 28th Street in Bonifacio Global City changed over the course of nearly ten years from 2015 to 2024.
A test of the feature showed how 28th Street in Bonifacio Global City changed over the course of nearly ten years from 2015 to 2024.
"This latest update joins a host of other powerful features introduced over the years, including the popular Timelapse function, which visualizes global change, and a suite of creation tools that let users tell their own stories with custom maps and tours," Google said.
"This latest update joins a host of other powerful features introduced over the years, including the popular Timelapse function, which visualizes global change, and a suite of creation tools that let users tell their own stories with custom maps and tours," Google said.
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Google Earth was launched in 2005 and was downloaded 100 million times in just its first week, according to Google.
Google Earth was launched in 2005 and was downloaded 100 million times in just its first week, according to Google.
It has since become a valuable tool for tasks such as urban planning to evaluating solar panel installations, with users searching for places more than 2 billion times in the last year alone, the company said.
It has since become a valuable tool for tasks such as urban planning to evaluating solar panel installations, with users searching for places more than 2 billion times in the last year alone, the company said.
"Scientists have used its detailed satellite imagery to discover everything from previously unknown coral reefs to a new species of human ancestor," Google said.
"Scientists have used its detailed satellite imagery to discover everything from previously unknown coral reefs to a new species of human ancestor," Google said.
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