Live Satellite Images in Google Earth!

By Margaret on June 23, 2008 · Filed Under Technology 

Live Satellite Images in Google Earth!

As part of the Google Earth image update released last week Google quietly added a major new feature to Google Earth - live satellite images!

Using the live satellite mode I created a screen capture of cars driving down a road, which you can see in the animated thumbnail below.

Live Satellite only works for the city of Edinburgh, UK but will be rolled out to other cities in the near future. Apparently Google wanted to keep this amazing new feature quiet so as to not overload the satellite’s built-in web server.

If you’d like to see the Live Satellite Mode in action yourself then load up this placemark file.

Be warned that Edinburgh is very cloudy today, so you may have to search around a bit to find a gap in the clouds.

We’re told that as Google add the Live Satellite feature to more and more cities they plan to rename Google Earth to Google Live Local.

Please note that this entry is an April Fool’s Joke - there are no live images to be seen!

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3 Responses to “Live Satellite Images in Google Earth!”

  1. jakari on September 28th, 2007 11:09 am

    cool
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  2. arvind on July 14th, 2008 7:07 am

    this feature is some thing really great.live vision of the city and its streets is just great.keep it up . good luck .

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  3. rogelio ramirez on August 25th, 2008 6:49 pm

    I LIKE GOOLE

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