If you want to plan out a driving route of an area, Google Maps is the way to go. In areas visited by Google frequently, you can zoom down to the ground and take a 3D “walking tour” of the area, such as this example in Paris, France.Įach tool has its place. This satellite view example above goes back as far as 1998. Not only does Google Earth provide higher resolution satellite imagery at a much higher zoom rate, but it also lets you swivel the camera perspective, view how the location has changed over a timeline, and “land” down to ground level to view the landscape topography of an area. Google Earth, on the other hand, lets you continue zooming almost to ground level. The view above is as close as Google Maps lets you zoom into the action. For example, look at the satellite view in Google Maps of a rural house in Maine. Google Maps satellite view is pretty impressive, but it doesn’t provide the detail or the features that Google Earth offers. View how locations have changed throughout history.Measure distances of any location on Earth.Labels and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tropical storm tracks are created using the latest data from NHC, JTWC, NRL and IBTrACS. Weather forecast maps show precipitation, wind, temperature and more using the latest global model data from DWD ICON and NOAA-NWS GFS. Coverage is limited and may show glitches/anomalies. Radar maps show rain and snow detected in real-time. Heat sources show areas of high temperature using the latest data from FIRMS. HD satellite images are updated twice a day from NASA polar-orbiting satellites Aqua and Terra, using services from GIBS, part of EOSDIS. EUMETSAT Meteosat images are updated every 15 minutes. Live satellite images are updated every 10 minutes from NOAA GOES and JMA Himawari geostationary satellites.

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