Jakarta (ANTARA) – Have you ever wondered what a street or even a certain place looked like in the past? As it turns out, Google has some cool features that let you “look into the past.”
Through services like Google Street view and Google Earthusers can track location changes from time to time. Using these features, you can remember and understand how the digital and real worlds change from time to time.
Here’s how to view past scenes using Google based on information gathered from various sources.
How to see the past with Google Street view on the computer
Do you want to know what a street or area looked like a few years ago? You can take advantage of Google features Street view to easily track past conditions of a location via a computer or laptop. Here are the steps:
1. Open the Google Maps site via a browser.
2. Type the name of the area or address you want to search in the search field.
3. Click on the Pegman icon (a small orange person) at the bottom right of the screen.
4. Drag the icon to the road area you want to view and place it on the blue or dotted line on the map.
5. After viewing Street view appears, click the “View more dates” or “See more dates” at the top left.
6. A history of photos from several years will appear. Select the desired year to see what road conditions were like at that time.
How to log in to Google Street view on your cell phone
For those of you who use your cell phone more often, features Street view it can also be accessed directly via the Google Maps application. Here is the guide:
1. Open the Google Maps application on your phone.
2. Type the location you want to view in the search field.
3. Press the icon Layers (level) located in the top right corner of the map.
4. Select an option Street viewthen close the settings window by tapping the
5. Tap the blue line displayed on the map to access the street view.
6. If available, press “See more dates” or “See more dates“at the bottom of the screen.
7. Select the shooting year you want to view.
Exploring the past with Google Earth
In addition to using Google Maps, you can also take advantage of Google Earth to see how a place changes over a certain period of time. This platform displays satellite images and three-dimensional views of the Earth’s surface, complete with terrain and building outlines.
Below are the steps to use the feature Historical images on Google Earth:
1. Visit Earth.google.com using a computer browser.
2. Enter the name of the location you want to explore in the search field
3. Click on the “menu”Visualization” or “View”, then select “Historical images”, or press the clock/date icon that appears at the top of the 3D screen.
4. Scroll cursors time to select a specific year and observe the visual changes of that location over time.
Before you try to Google the past Street view or Google Earththere are several things to pay attention to. Not all locations have archived photos from previous years, so you may not find historical displays in some areas.
Furthermore, image quality may also vary depending on the time of shooting and location. For a better experience, make sure your device is connected to a stable internet connection so that the image uploading process works smoothly and without interruptions.
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