Google Earth has just turned 20 – and to celebrate, Google has given it a new historical street view feature plus some ...

This 3D time-lapse feature is a platform for the future, though, and Google says it will "update Google Earth annually with new Timelapse imagery throughout the next decade." Ron Amadeo Reviews Editor ...

For those who enjoy a good sweep of the Earth with Google Maps every now and again, something about our planet’s surface will look very different next time you use the program on a desktop computer.

As of today, Google Maps will now change its perspective from a flat view of the planet to 3D Globe Mode (as Google calls it), giving you a more accurate view of Earth. On the previous flat map ...

Apple Maps takes iOS from trailing to leading in 3D. At Apple's introduction of iOS 6 last fall, iOS 5 Maps had been serving up bitmapped tiles from Google, which supplied only a flat, 2D ...

Google Maps on desktop now shows the Earth as a 3D globe. News. ... whereas in reality it only measures 836,300 square miles compared with Africa's 11.73 million square miles.

As we spotted on testing the update, the toggle for “Show 3D buildings” in the Settings menu now syncs between the phone and Android Auto. Now, if you turn off the setting on the phone, the ...

Google Earth/Maps has been used to show the location of nuclear bombs and map out nuclear disaster potential for a while now. Alex Wellerstein’s NukeMap was a very popular tool, and now he’s ...

For now, 3D Globe Mode is only available on desktop, so head over to maps.google.com and start zooming out to see the change. With 3D Globe Mode on Google Maps desktop, Greenland's projection is ...

There is a "3D" button on desktop Google Maps, which launches the Google Earth dataset, but on mobile you've only ever had a flat satellite view or untextured 3D blocks of buildings.

Apps like Google Maps not only help us with directions, but also with checking real-time traffic along your route, finding local businesses, finding reviews and business information, and more. More ...