Live Satellite Images in Google Earth!

By Margaret on March 9, 2009 · 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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14 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 .

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

    I LIKE GOOLE

  4. Matt McGuire on February 3rd, 2009 7:20 pm

    While I agree this is a cool feature I do not think you are hitting the “the satellites built-in web server”. I will bet this is not even live.

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  5. Bed and Breakfast Man on March 18th, 2009 5:07 am

    I just spent a good few minutes watching traffic going round and round before I read the April Fool’s statement – you got me. Doh!

  6. HARSH TIWARI on March 24th, 2009 11:59 pm

    SONY WORLD

  7. Sacramento on April 2nd, 2009 8:31 pm

    hahaha, I was just about to complain about this until I saw the comment above. I missed the whole April fools thing cause I was so mad. :)

    Why did you post an April fools joke on March 9th?

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  8. safi on May 24th, 2009 2:32 pm

    it is very needed for me

  9. idrees on June 4th, 2009 5:27 am

    i want to see world live

  10. Laura Bodsford on June 23rd, 2009 7:59 am

    How do I get live images of personal homes?

  11. Rocky on September 4th, 2009 3:50 pm

    How do i see live images on google earth ?? Can anyone help me with that??

  12. Mohammed on September 7th, 2009 12:33 am

    this entry is an April Fool’s Joke – there are no live images to be seen!

    i wish it was real

  13. hans on September 7th, 2009 3:55 am

    you ppl are morons! that would make g.e. a surveilance tool.. think of the strategic value.. and not to think of the cost to browse?? omfg goddam morons!

  14. Joe Porter on January 20th, 2010 9:15 am

    Good April’s Fools joke. I actually believed Google was capable of doing this. After all they have a 3d version of Cincinnati online.
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