Google Earth’s Incredible 3D Imagery, Explained

[@natandfriends]

If you play around with the new Earth (earth.google.com/web/) I'd love to know what favorite places you visited. Here's one of my favorite places in the world (Lo first took me there): goo.gl/SnBMAA | Here's where I work, in Google's NYC office: goo.gl/C5lkBk | Here's the basketball team I love: goo.gl/0HLoQw

[@KahalealiiTedIshikawa]

That's a big building. What's in there? I'll be visiting NYC in October. Aloha.

[@LouisCognault]

Nat and Friends The Android app update is not there for me yet... Can't play with roll the dice... :( Could be nice you make sure everyone can install the update before announcing it at Google. It's not the first time I experience early, not effective announcement and this is frustrating...

[@natandfriends]

I just updated the app and the I'm Feeling Lucky feature is working for me. Sorry to hear it didn't work for you.

[@LouisCognault]

Nat and Friends Could you make sure the update rollout is finished next time, before announcing?

[@CadetGriffin]

Hopefully the Chinese and Russian state people give the Google Earth plane people permission to fly over their cities so there can finally be 3D imagery of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Shanghai and Beijing for example.

[@renderforest9295]

1:01 "Google map is for finding your way , Google Earth is about getting lost" ... WOW

[@DuckTheFinn]

D E E P .

[@reelsportrd]

Lucas Santos I agree! I have a whole another level of respect for the Google Earth team after seeing this video

[@shway1]

does the new web version keep crashing for anyone else?

[@KLK01]

Patternicity kinda late reply, but even with good internet it never opens.

[@reasonable370]

if you are having issues with the new web edition, report it to the product forums. the new web edition is fairly new, and I'm sure someone will be able to help you. also I'm sure google's engineers would appreciate if you report your problems to them.

[@seancarr4956]

Seriously some of the most incredible technology I've ever seen

[@makotopark7741]

i agree

[@jessearthurs]

​@@makotopark7741😊lived 4c uff 9 fljfjb😂 bdr😊😊dx😊6 5m. 8am h9bv7n

[@Robloxianswifteis13]

Same

[@derekbryceson7080]

Searches up my address: My house is completely flat and only about two blurry pixels. yay...

[@maxfi878]

Derek Bryceson my house is 3d

[@derekbryceson7080]

ok

[@tariqhildebrand6530]

I can see my bedroom window and backyard in 3d. scary.

[@KangJangkrik]

@@kleropunt277 but your Instragram stores your photo coordinate :P

[@HELLADJ]

lol

[@zollotech]

Amazing how far we have come.

[@attilaviniczai7215]

We? Nah, just bigtech. And we are paying the price.

[@blenderguy3250]

@@attilaviniczai7215 lol

[@oni741]

@@attilaviniczai7215 *you must be fun at parties* lmao ;-)

[@hazealive2389]

@@attilaviniczai7215 At least, We can use Google Earth for free😅

[@renderforest9295]

Life gives you question, Google gives you answer :)

[@TiagoTiagoT]

Life gives you lemons, Google makes lemonade out of you.

[@renderforest9295]

TiagoTiago yes :D

[@Patch_Z]

Render Forest what is my purpose

[@MangatRam-vh1ew]

Render Forest

[@ThePancakeJedi]

Render Forest its fake... cause the earth is flat!

[@AbteilungsleiterinBeiAntifaEV]

pls Rockstar, i want this for gta6 map.

[@mudkipman1]

3 days just to get around

[@michaelscofield1970]

Rem Only 3 days? lmao

[@osbely]

Bibis Product Placements GTA WORLD. the thought alone is giving me goosebumps.

[@nyacodm5887]

Bibis Product Placements the game would be 1Petabyte

[@luuk5444]

It would be too low poly

[@paradonym]

If Google would allow game makers to access the 3D material. The world as a game map...

[@Ben-ym4de]

DerParadonym I feel like there will be an API for that eventually if there already isn't one

[@jameskylealboroto9714]

DerParadonym Rockstar can make GTA 6 with that kind of technology to make the game so close or completely accurate to real places.

[@paradonym]

Given the level of detail the earth planes capture I bet Rockstar would have to fly around each block ~30-40 times to meet their requirements of detail - but with a little manpower to correct the 3D material behind... It could be an affordable way of doing this.

[@tennicktenstyl]

DerParadonym flight simulators would benefit. just like ex. FlightGear, which uses it's own (crappy) maps and downloads them in real time. X-Plane is good but still requires a lot of work. just imagine flying over your neighborhood where your house is in 3D and has proper texture instead of generic "it's an urban area so we will slap there some houses and put Autogen 3D models" approach

[@shaharyarahmed9899]

Rockstar actually used this technology in "GTA V" to build Los Angeles map

[@trevor3013]

I still remember when Google earth came out and every single person would look up their own house instead of anywhere else on earth haha

[@fzafg]

ha i still do that

[@tweezerjam]

Thats weird to you?

[@matthiasloning4639]

I still remember when mirrors were invented and every single person would look at their own faces every day

[@senorperez]

@@matthiasloning4639 lol

[@brianoconnor7003]

This is one of the most amazing videos I have ever seen in my life. Thanks for creating this video. Just seriously...wow!

[@tessaviolet]

WOW. This is insane

[@user-mj5zr5nv8p]

👋

[@leobaron5934]

The last part about how the planet is alive and all the timelapses you were showing really caught me off guard and gave me a new perspective of planet earth!

[@GrijzePilion]

I dig this stuff. These 3D cities are awesome.

[@3DJapan]

I'm really happy all the buildings have textures now. In the old one I would often find grey boxes instead of buildings.

[@GrijzePilion]

And that's because the old method required buildings to be modeled and uploaded by hand, by users. Now the computer does all the work!

[@3DJapan]

GrijzePilion Yeah, I just wish Google Earth Pro used the same tech.

[@GrijzePilion]

I didn't even know about this online Earth tool until just now. I still use the ancient desktop app for my explorations. Glad that's largely obsolete now.

[@Schnabeltassentier]

GrijzePilion Google Earth Online litteraly came out today :D That's why google sponsered this video.

[@marshalllee7418]

im the type of person that whenever i use this app i only look at my house

[@khemrajDhiwar1439]

Yehh i also 😂

[@engineeredarmy1152]

We all do

[@VictorKidd53]

this makes me stay at home even more and take a vacation and explore the world without even leaving my house. DIY, how to take a free vacation

[@GeorgiKunchev]

I love the vibe of the channel. It's very positive, educational, entertaining and relaxing to watch. We're going to miss Lo but I'm sure Nat will keep on the great work!

[@rusca8]

Georgi Kunchev +

[@monicamirisan7452]

Nu ȘTIU

[@sh_tinydynamite]

I have loved Google Earth since its earliest days. I have fond memories of playing with the flight simulator and scarcely remember​ the feature being an Easter egg of sorts; only available in the desktop version of Google Earth. It was such an ominously realistic experience to fly that mock plane, equally as mesmerising as the Earth program still is to this day! I sure miss that flight simulator, but I'm also overjoyed to see how Google Earth has evolved through the years. It is absolutely one of my favourite ways to get away. Nat and Friends, thank you so much for sharing this episode. And, more thanks for all the exciting and entertaining things you bring to this channel.

[@Johnderate]

But the most important question: Is the flight simulator still in it? :P

[@Semx11]

Only the desktop application :)

[@waynehammitt8355]

Rebecca clayton location

[@waynehammitt8355]

Where you at

[@waynehammitt8355]

Hey

[@waynehammitt8355]

Locations

[@PolygonDonut]

Google Earth VR is so fun because all of the 3d models are really well made and it feels like your really there

[@dj_orgy]

Thank you Lo for motivation and everything you learned us.You replied to every of my comments(I watched you from the beginning).I hope we will see you sometimes in videos,but I also wish you luck for your next projects.Thank you! 💙🍩

[@JustDom]

When I first noticed the 3D feature I spent a lot of hours just looking at the world.

[@ruiningwang1644]

am I a nerd if watching the new Google Earth made me cry?

[@vishwas425]

Rui Ning Wang you're awesome 😙

[@timearly5226]

Rui Ning Wang Yup, and that's a good thing : )

[@unphazed_]

No, but it makes you gay

[@stackflow343]

No, being nerdy is about informational specialization, not crying every time you see a pretty picture that's called mental instability.

[@bigeast4195]

When you finally find out the earth is FLAT, what are you going to do?

[@dkursada]

Google Earth is one of the most awesome softwares out there and it is better than ever today. This video is one of the most informative media about it I've ever stumbled upon.

[@TheCentaury]

How the humanity has gathered ressources and expand cities in the past 30 years is amazing and also deadly crazy.

[@_Doskii]

I always thought they used the depth images from normal street view combined with satalites at an angle. Never thought they used planes for 3D mapping. That is pretty cool.

[@diegoduartevalenzuela8063]

0:54 I feel small, really really really small. We're nothing lol

[@orien2v2]

This channel deserves more subscribers! Just because it has that positive vibe! The educational stuff featured are just bonuses!

[@railfan104]

My eight year old son lived on Google Earth last school year traveling all over the world. He learned about the post office on top of Mount Fuji (Hey, Mom! What's that building?), Vinson Massif, Mount Everest, how to get around Paris to find Notre Dame from the Eiffel Tower, and Corcovado in Rio MAINLY but really everywhere! But one day he said, "MOM! There's something that is going to give me nightmares!!" He had found in Iowa a structure that looked like Devil's Tower, WY, but even taller and more scary! It was huge! He said, "It looks like the Eye of Sauron!" We were puzzled until we tried street view and discovered it was a clump of trees that had been photographically skewed to look infinitely taller! Wow! He will never forget that!

[@MsLouise1960]

What a very astute young son that he is 🥰x

[@mynamejeff3498]

in 30 years well have a 4k 3d live map of the earth

[@idontcareaboutu8182]

4k isn't much on a scale of the size of the earth. In fact, the entire map is 800 billion pixels large at the moment (5:42)

[@Son0fHobs]

Moore's law. I bet it'll take less than that. Drones, more advanced satellites, and better technology to come.

[@Fabio-rg9nv]

ramen noodle 4K? the whole earth? you wouldn't even recognize where land and water is... one pixel would be like 50 cities 😂

[@HUYI1]

that is what i was thinking, the pictures then would be amazing, imagine the zoom and depth of the images then!

[@ArsyadKamili]

Fabio Mota I think he probably meant that somewhere in the future we'd able to do a 3D landscape walk-through with 4K resolution anywhere we go. So just like a game.

[@tessiof]

OMG.. what amazing content! subscribed!!

[@AhmadSohailWahab]

I cannot describe how much I enjoyed this video. I love the team who made this video. Thank you!

[@beentherelovedit9150]

So much hard work to let everyday folks know more about our planet... I'm spellbound.

[@nebulawave5376]

i love google earth but could u make more cities like shanghai and dubai 3d?

[@Enriiquegomez]

redfox gaming Dubai would be amazing

[@maxfi878]

redfox gaming they probably don't have a permission to do that in china

[@nitaimatan2247]

They can't because it will take them a long time to erase all of the cars and peoples lmao and I would like to see the Burj Khalifa in 3D

[@gregistopal]

redfox gaming I want Dubai in 3d

[@HercadosP]

Except all google related stuff is banned in China. For real, no google maps, no google search engine, no gmail, no youtube.

[@symondish]

Outstanding presentation as always . Big thanks for this video 🙏

[@SkywereProductions]

Search for Google Earth VR and be amazed, it's a really cool experience.

[@djr9999]

3D mode in Google Map is still blown my mind! i cant stop talking how cool that stuff is

[@KayVilleRecords]

Who can even possibly dislike this video. Amazing stuff. Wow, thanks Nat. The question that always bogged me was how calm there were no people and very little cars in the 3d view. And the answer was much simpler than I thought as you elegantly illustrated with a cool eraser. In a few years/decades this technology will get so good and will be complemented by unbelievably powerful computing power that we will simply prefer if earth was more like Google Earth than the other way around. It's always spring!!

[@KahalealiiTedIshikawa]

Awesome video. Mahalo.

[@pw7225]

Please, never stop with these videos. Especially the ones about Machine Learning / AI. Always continue, please.

[@stevemin9060]

VR + Google Earth should be a pretty awesome experience

[@mikietonon]

"Two towers". I remember when New York had that luxury.

[@gz3zbz]

Two Towers, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana, Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy

[@ashiqdey]

just a wow technology.. love it too much

[@michaeljames1154]

Wow this was almost 7 years ago as I write this on Tuesday March 19th, 2024 at approximately 10:15am EST. The updates and features on Google Earth have changed dramatically since the release of this video!!! One huge one is that we have gone from 3D to 4D. Also, Google has changed the name of “Earth Engine” to simply “Timelapse”. This is the 4D update I Mentioned. So Timelapse is the 4D interactive map that shows how the Earth has changed over time, from 1984 to 2022. This is super rad to me personally as I was born in 84’ so I can see literally everything that has changed/progressed/regressed/deteriorated from the year I arrived on this 3rd planet from the Sun to almost the present day!!! This feature is absolutely amazing!! This feature includes new imagery from 2021 and 2022. Like I said almost present day. Another thing changed since 2017 is the quality of images. Satellite imagery is now more detailed, and new layers provide more information about different locations. I love those picture bubbles. Also the layering has improved a lot. I love looking at the earth bare with very few if no layers then turning on everything. The street view is what allows these photo bubble things to be seen. In relation to the photogrammetry function you have Earth Studio now. What this does is that it analyzes your render before starting, which helps cut down on duplicate frames and other rendering artifacts. Also the measurements are awesome!! Did you know that most modern maps or maps we saw in books and walls of classrooms growing up (if you were born in the 80s as I was) is the fact that the European continent, well mostly the Russian part of it has been for some reason made to appear larger than Larger than the African continent but in actuality Africa is larger in terms of width!! What they don’t mention here though is the government’s mandated editing of “sensitive” imagery. I.e. photos of “things” the government does not want the public to see/believe is real. That includes a litany of of strange and bizarre things!However, they don’t always catch every single thing! For example, I was looking at Google *MAPS* images of Toronto from an overhead view and then I clicked on a 3D image right next to the link or “pin” entitled “Toronto Skyline”. This was a 3D pic allowing you to see all around as if you were really there and it was a view of the (obviously) Toronto Skyline from one of the Toronto Islands just south of the city offshore in Lake Ontario. I emphasized Google Maps vs Google Earth as they use different images. So on Google Maps I clicked on that pin of 3D capable images right near the Toronto Skyline pin on Wards Island south of the city and was looking all around in the 3D capable pic and I was able to see or able to spot 3 or 4 white spherical objects in that 3D capable image near the “Toronto Skyline” pin location on Google Maps. Those white things can only be described as UAPs!!! They look like the now famous ones that have been featured around the web on different forums and KZbin channels’ videos; the solid white, opaque orb thingys that are certainly not a bird or a ‘known to the public”human made flying machine, ie not a drone nor plane!!! Also, something I just found is on Google Earth, is a picture from the same location/link/pin of the “Toronto Skyline”. But this time it wasn’t a separate 3D image, you click the actual pin but not on Maps but on Google Earth. And when you click that pin there is an array of pictures. Why is there always the ubiquitous “20” or so selected photos that both Google Earth and Maps offer for any location ??? Any ways back to the pin on Google earth entitled “Toronto Skylines” and within those pics there is a photo posted by a Miguel Angel Ortega Hernandez that is picture 6 of 20 and it features a man (could be Miguel lol) in winter jacket with his hands in his pockets and it’s a nighttime shot and the city of Toronto is aglow behind him and in the upper right corner of the photo frame you can see something that is in the air and it doesn’t appear to be a normal looking bird, plane or drone and could possibly be a UAP. This one is not as definite as the Google Maps pin’s 3D photo of the same area with the white orbs in the sky. This Google Earth one is one of the 20 offered pics and there is something above and to the right of Miguel. It isn’t as definitive of being UAP as the first one but just as weird right??? And those are the ones o happened to have noticed. Think of the other 10s of millions of photos they have and the 3D photos that they have and they cannot possibly go thru everyone that is posted to there and is not a pic that they added but someone else and I am sure they look at those too but some things that are strange and that the government doesn’t want you to see gets put on the app!!! Also another huge area of concern for the government is basically the entirety of Antarctica 🇦🇶. There are numerous weird things happening and captured on that continent as well. Also there are different anomalies in the oceans. I am sure that the government is privy to ALL of the photos that Google takes but again cannot stop all the photos that may include something other worldly or other dimensional that the government doesn’t want the public to see but it gets thru by people uploading pics!!! I’ll try to add the pictures that I have found on the comment above this one !!

[@Robloxianswifteis13]

How are u bothered to type all that

[@jonesynet]

Love this. But surely, the number one question isn't "how often do the images get updated?", but, "why is the first thing I look at my own house?"!

[@npxox]

NAT and firends 💖 things gonna be different from now on .

[@grahamgeary5959]

cutie marshmallow l love to be difrent 😆

[@tirthdalal7388]

really love your videos😁

[@benderthefourth3445]

Just wanted to say Thanks to Google earth team for this! We need this! The timelapse thing, earth engine, is really interesting.

[@cn8299]

I envy people 100+ years from now. They can pretty much hop back in time to see how it was in the past.

[@ravirajyaguru5905]

**Can view and explore any place on this planet** Me: **Looks up his own address** Lul

[@kieranmclaughlin4014]

guys...what if the moon landings were faked on the moon? #MINDBLOWN

[@Enriiquegomez]

Zeugma you never know. The government can do anything and we'll believe them.

[@rusca8]

Zeugma that's like the cheating thoughts from last Matt Parker's video on numberphile

[@evolicious]

That would be like expecting hundreds of thousands of people keeping a secret. Impossible. Not even improbable.

[@kieranmclaughlin4014]

EVOLICIOUS you do know sarcasm?

[@rockets4kids]

It would mean the artist who faked the earthrise photograph did a damn good job without access to computers capable of rendering the image.

[@Blogone100]

Can't believe that you got randomly teleported to Bologna, my city! :P

[@kaue7224]

Who needs notifications when you live in KZbin? lol Great vid.

[@taro.s]

So this is why 80% of the globe is still 2D

[@ijulesy]

It takes a long time to get the 3D photos and is expensive... did you even watch the video?

[@manda3dprojects966]

It's only in the powerful cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and in other powerful countries.

[@russellocean_]

lul what do you mean its everywhere go to google earth right now and zoom in and like 70% of places are full 3d

[@cloudcover540]

There are various softwares that can generate terrain from anywhere on Earth with images from Google. You can make 3d models with Google Earth images projected on top with Photoshop.

[@diegotrujillosmartinez8027]

my google earth on android hasn't changed from the previous one

[@Truck0331]

Diego Trujillos Martinez they haven't done that yet. Only on pc so far

[@JohnLincolnUSA]

Salute to the google team...thank your from my family...Your contribution to humanity is immeasurable! You folks enhance the knowledge of humanity!

[@jimjamjoo7938]

Gopal the goat! Changing the world haha! Wish there was more of him talking.

[@rjelstyx4909]

i know it's kinda late but i think google should release google flat earth for april fool

[@Matx5901]

In fact, yes, you're right! Redimensionning the sphere in a flat circle where antarctic is the border of the circle, will make distances and houses much bigger as they are south and much little as they are north!

[@SirKolass]

April fools is about pranking others, not talking about the fools lol

[@MophineChild]

Koalas funny how you’ll never ever see an airplane in the sky anywhere even though there are thousands upon thousands. But you can spot your vehicle in your driveway. Things that make ya go hmmmm 😎

[@CharizardBoltGaming]

WHY WAS MY HOUSE NOT FUCKING UPDATED

[@Yoctopory]

For anybody who didn't try Google-Earth in VR (Vive etc..) yet: Do it. It's simply breathtaking.

[@llamathehutt7898]

Totally looking forward to the VR edition of this! 😀

[@mateo_ferranco]

there is

[@lostandalive8981]

I want there to be a game in the future when the 3D imagery is insanely detailed that utilizes Google earth to make an open world - world game.

[@user-dz2tn6ik4o]

Awesome video=))))) Great!!!!

[@panwspanialy]

Greetings from Poland. Please don't stop making great video's like this. Real eye-opener for me.

[@gulsirinjorakulova3294]

Turkmen gozelleri

[@nordsun]

Thank you so much for this video! That's exactly what I wanted to know about how Google Earth works!

[@SakisRM1991]

Google Earth on VR? This is getting sick serious...!!

[@newdrew2744]

I bet this sh*t makes flat earth people go crazy! 😅

[@osbely]

NewDrew2 I think these flat earth people are just trolls who love getting on people's nerves.

[@JeffM---]

I love this. I often use it for looking at some place of interest and then I end getting lost in exploring the surrounding areas. It is true when that guy talks about 'getting lost'.

[@katherineledesma5201]

When I can’t sleep I love find random places, it’s an amazing time to be alive, we have the world at our fingertips

[@UnknownStyle]

Why you remove Ipoh 3D Imagery 😭😭😭

[@RawBiznasProductions]

who gave them permission to 3d render the entire world?

[@ShashYo]

Each individual country, for example India hasn't given them permission to render it in 3d

[@manda3dprojects966]

I didn't give them permission to 3d render my house.

[@caroselloshow5615]

Manda 3D Projects well you didn’t even gave them permission to photograph your house for google maps

[@redeyepilot21]

You don't own the air over your house

[@Whalester]

Google earth VR is an eye opening experience

[@mgamool]

Too much work have been done here, great job!

[@madimy]

we'll miss Lo

[@SiavashGolzar]

Madi Myrzabek where did she go

[@danm4320]

watch the previous video

[@AnkurGugar]

I don't think my country is feeling lucky.... sad to see no Google Earth app in India.

[@Ignacio.Romero]

NewPlay WTF dude, at least he doesn't need education like you do

[@LeeShipley]

NewPlay According to NCAER, India's middle class population was 267 million last year. I don't know where you live but this may help you understand the contrasts in equity in our societies world wide. www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/518880/

[@AkshaySheth568]

Government has banned GOOGLE EARTH.

[@LeeShipley]

Akshay Sheth my sympathies. Perhaps you should take this up with your local MP.

[@satishkumarnayak8314]

Because major areas of India are covered with Pollution and dust.. It's very hard to take clear pictures and 3D map it.. Only Google Maps Works.. And government has also recently restricted it, Because of terrorist activities... 2008 Bombings in Mumbai were also planned with the help of Google Earth..

[@kiwi_raptor4883]

So is that why I keep hearing planes go over my grandma’s house when there isn’t an airport lol

[@Fummy007]

Google Earth is getting so realistic, soon it will become more real than life and replace us.

[@JustNel]

What is Google?

[@Rybz]

JustNel Google it

[@creativical]

like "big brother is watching" XD

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

It's a letter of the Alphabet.

[@Prasons]

Baby don't hurt me...

[@MrCat-ls3mi]

JustNel Are you really alive?

[@5amg1]

but why? as in why would a company invest hundreds of millions into making their map look better? I feel like google is keeping a secret from us.

[@AnX555]

Google is investing in the future, like street view, this will come commercially important thing. And as a side product, we are getting a beautiful archive of the earth to explore and to look at.

[@MarianKeller]

There is a huge market for geographic data and the processing and visualisation of said data. Governments, landowners, architects, mining companies, etc. Also, it's not like Google is doing all that by themselves. Most of the imagery is bought from satellite operators, government agencies and other mapping companies from around the world. Their unique capability lies in the stitching, computer vision and rendering algorithms that enable them to offer such a stunning result.

[@sam2026]

Google is working with the government to be able to track everyone.

[@avaragecracker6986]

Sam202 Government? You know that U.S isn't the only country in the world.

[@RobertLipe]

Miguel, humans have been trying to make better maps forever. There is a HUGE amount of stuff you can do - other than sell ads - with good maps. For example, with the 3D depth maps built from the lidar data combined with annually averaged cloud cover data and the orientation of a building relative to the sun, you can make good estimates on how much solar will help. Do that at scale and you reduce dependence on power. You can detect illegal deforestation and fishing to help keep our natural resources alive. There's lots of corny, feel-good stuff and there's an entire group at Google that's doing it and helping partners like NGOs do it worldwide. See www.google.com/earth/outreach/special-projects/ Disclosure: I was part of that corny-sounding group when this video was released and worked on Earth for 12 years, so I actually believe this stuff.

[@cold-wolf]

And I thought I'm meticulous. I feel colossal effort every time I open google Earth. Someone spend tens of thousands of hours making it. The best thing I guess is after 1000 years someone will be able to look at us, when we will be long dead and wonder how it was to live today...

[@jackwatsonepic626]

I always go to where I've been on holidays over the years and reminisce

[@PianoTutorialsSynthesia]

If this uses all those angles, why doesnt my city have this? (The Netherlands)

[@unicornpoo7441]

Takes a long time to do, bigger cities like Amsterdam and Utrecht do have this feature but smaller ones like Ede don't.

[@JustDom]

I'm sure The Netherlands is a country btw

[@dn5426]

why not use drones instead of planes?

[@Max24871]

Drones are planes. Just remotely controlled ones. I think it would be a legal challenge in many places, while you can get permission to fly a regular plane with people in there relatively in easy in most countries

[@ViperVenoM13]

range

[@ArjanHier]

You'd need very big drones to carry stuff like those cameras..

[@MrLongman2008]

+BMicraft I think they will face the same legal challenge if this is the point. In my opinion, the drones won't be suitable because they can't carry big cameras and batteries. The pilot can maneuver with the plane better when he/she is sitting in it. But maneuvering a huge drone remotely can be a serious challenge.

[@Acampandoconfrikis]

As far i know, they're good for small areas Why? Because HQ cameras are kinda heavy, and the most expensive drones can have 30 min batteries (while a plain can fly for MANY hours) Check any video of "drone photogrammetry" and you'll know what i talk about

[@AlexMarvik]

I recommand Google Earth VR, it's really impressive.

[@reelsportrd]

This was very interesting to watch. Specially because Google Earth is such a seemingly trivial program, and to see everything that goes into making it its quite impressive. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@Someone-cr8cj]

google anyone?

[@ieatass4226]

but the earth is flat...

[@TwoGamingDudes1]

nice

[@wgt3623]

@engitect trolling

[@robbinkalaamalho3847]

I haven't used Google earth in years, this video makes me wants to go back and experience Google Earth again! 😊

[@judigibbs9209]

Amazing. Love Google Earth. Tku to all who put this WONDERFUL Technology together

[@EddieAtTheMorgue]

I always wondered why I didn’t see many cars in google earth, I always assumed the pictures were taken during off-peak traffic times. Turns out they edit the cars out. Thanks!

[@jodiepalm9185]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm learning about photogrammetry and remote imaging in school and your video really made it click for me. Very interesting stuff.

[@EdgeRatedR007]

Google Earth in VR is a crazy experience. Literally feels like you are superman.

[@scalemath]

So happy they updated it but why did they have to wait until my Geography coursework was over 😂😂 hahaha

[@NelsonR001]

omg! i screamed when i saw you used Puerto Rico as your start point at the begining

[@SargsyanTigran]

Earth is one of Google's most precious gifts to the humanity.

[@DobraEspacial]

What an amazing video! Beautifully made!

[@cellobrew]

You have the best radio voice!!

[@amolkhade]

Nat and friends could well be the next Vsause or Veritasium for me! This was the first video that I've seen from them and I absolutely love the vibe of this channel. Looking forward to more! Cheers to you guys!

[@marjo.1700]

It's crazy how these engineers (and dozens more) dedicate their life to this behemoth of a project, not talking about the millions that Google spends, and people in the comments beg for a GTA V map or whatever. It's literally the same as flushing their life's work down the toilet.

[@rileyfenley522]

I like going to Norfolk Naval Base. Its cool seeing some of our Military's ships that are in port.

[@jackmeakins9375]

Absolutely fascinating, well done Google. Of course there's the privacy issue that people like to bring up, but the sheer accessibility to information they bring to people far outweighs this in my opinion. Got a question? Google it. Need directions? Google it. Want to see what a street looks like before you get there? You get the picture. You've done some of the greatest work humanity has seen to date.