Google Maps Best Unknown Feature

[@jippee1]

I'm so glad I am not the only one who probably spends atleast 2 hours a day just scrolling through our world on google maps

[@TheDotBot]

It's amazing. You can get from Longyearbyen to Yuendumu in one day (or even less) without leaving your couch. Insane.

[@BradTheThird]

I was having a mooch around on Google Maps a couple of hours ago to see if the Marshall Islands had street view... No idea why...

[@MayorVideo]

Same here

[@DaPringleSocks]

Your not the only one

[@supersuede91]

Based

[@Morrov]

2:30 just hold either Shift or CTRL and drag your mouse around, you can look at the 3d photogrammetry from any angle. To get to streetview you can also just scroll in as far as it gets and it will put you down where your mouse is, no need to drag the little man each time.

[@sierra991]

yeah this was pain to watch him use the tiny controls lol

[@enzipenzo]

Was about to comment this!

[@TheBetterEtsr]

Sorry I know this is like a serious tip but.... I just really enjoy the term "drag the little man" :)

[@trueriver1950]

"drag the little man" Not to be confused with "Little man in drag"

[@HermitagePrisoner]

1:57 - 3D view for "basically any city on the planet", well that's a great exaggeration

[@kousvetkousvet4158]

There's no China, no South Asia, no South East Asia, no Middle East, no Africa, no Russia, very few of Latin America and only like half of Europe. It's obviously greag anyways, but in the end, you only have like 10% of the worls covered

[@bl1zz4rd25]

Asia mostly : Hong Kong , Macau , Major Cities of Taiwan & Major Cities of Prefectures in Japan . On Southeast Asia it's Singapore & Major Cities of Malaysia and Philippines. Im very disappointed and frustrated why Cities like Bangkok , Khorat , Chiang Mai , Phuket , Hat Yai and Pattaya have no 3d view despite small risks and low censorship in the Internet . Same with Hanoi , Ho Chi Minh , Da Nang , Da Lat , Can Tho , Hai Phong and Hoi An in Vietnam. Same with Indonesia as this cities Jakarta , Bekasi , Tangerang , Tangerang Selatan , Serang , Cilegon , Bandung , Cirebon , Semarang , Tegal ,Yogyakarta,Probolinggo,Surabaya Surakarta,Kudus,Purwokerto,Magelang,Mojokerto,Madiun,Blitar,Kediri,Denpasar,Kota Teluk Ambon , Ternate,Parepare,Makassar,Kendari, Bontang,Samarinda,Tenggarong,Tarakan,Nunukan,Palangkaraya,Banjarmasin,Banjarbaru,Batam,Tanjung Pinang,Pangkal Pinang,Bandar Lampung,Metro, Jayapura,Sorong,Manado,Bitung,Palu,Tomohon,Medan,Sibolga,Binjai,Padang,Bukit Tinggi,Banda Aceh,Kota Riau,Kota Jambi,Sungai Penuh,Palembang,Dumai and many more . Indonesia had a great potential for 3d View same with Thailand and Vietnam. Not gonna lie but it would definitely look amazing ! I hope Indonesia and Thailand can get proper 3d view for their Major Cities .

[@wojtekpolska1013]

its any place that has street view

[@veeeen]

​@@wojtekpolska1013 nope

[@wojtekpolska1013]

@@veeeen it literally is tho one of the main purposes of street view is mapping the 3D scan of the area

[@MizukiRottenOnion]

You should do a livestream looking around google maps finding random and strange things and see how long you could keep at it. I bet you could create a world record for the longest commented search of google maps.

[@remcon559]

That 3D option is even better on google earth. There you can freely pan and move around like in a game

[@antonkistrup9519]

You also dont have the giant yellow half-transparent marking on roads, and you can masure lenghts of paths and circles, plus theres a flight simulator

[@glauberglousger6643]

You even used to land anywhere, but they removed that for some reason (Ahem....)

[@jm56585]

you can do that on maps too

[@w23c-e9c]

Unfortunately the coverage is not really that great in a lot of countries. Like, it seems to have Europe the Uk and the US really well covered but over here in Australia only the biggest cities are covered.

[@Rohan-iq6zb]

​@@antonkistrup9519Sadly they removed the flight sim

[@chocoblocka]

'you should probably stop procrastinating whatever you're doing too' I guess I'll get back to my exam then...

[@lukas5220]

you can freely rotate if you hold control or shift :3 it even automatically switches to 3d when you rotate in satellite view

[@steffahn]

It doesn’t even “switch”, it’s in 3d mode to begin with. You can clearly see the parallax even when viewed straight from above.

[@lukas5220]

@@steffahn yes, I was just using his terminology

[@steffahn]

@@lukas5220 Fair enough :-)

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

It's really disappointing that remote areas are really bad quality, i love looking at Canada

[@BenPakenham1]

You zoomed in almost exactly on a house i used to live in when you went into london.. it was very freeky

[@ibx2cat]

Give me your new address and I'll zoom in on that one next time

[@steffahn]

Also, you can zoom into and back out of street view without clicking any buttons; just keep zooming into a street, or out of the streetview. You’re close to doing the zooming into it part numerous times in this video alone, not sure if you’re just loving the yellow man so much that you wouldn’t to the zooming approach, but I just wanted to make sure you 100% are aware of this feature.

[@radio_marco]

2:32 keep in mind some random places might be slightly outdated. I once went on Google Maps to a town near me with this view and there was still a plain field, even though there's now since about a year or two a Migros.

[@ambergris5705]

I wonder where you live to have a Migros near you... 🤔

[@TheMightyKinkle]

Weirdly enough, Google Earth has much more up to date satellite imagery then Google Maps. If you go on the historical images button on GE you can see that they could only be a few months old whereas GM could be like a year out of date. But when you do this on GE it does make a collage of all the images and they can look odd. GM blends them in better

[@ambergris5705]

@@TheMightyKinkle I like how products of the same company are competing against each other 😂

[@radio_marco]

@ambergris5705 Somewhere in Switzerland 🙃

[@than217]

12:09 "You can see it's actually a puny mountain." The name of the mountain is on point. lol

[@DrWhoFanJ]

One thing that’s even better than 3D view is ground-level view. It’s basically the same as Street View, but uses the 3D imagery rather than the cars, so continues working even when you’re in an area the cars have not (yet) reached.

[@digitalavali5875]

or germany

[@MizukiRottenOnion]

Google maps has been a bless and a curse, I use it a lot before I go out geocaching, it helps looking at possible hiding spaces. 3D view is amazing for this. On the other hand, I like finding new places to visit, mainly cafes, but I get overwhelmed by the multiple choices available and end up staying at home drinking my own coffee.

[@rogink]

Before I go somewhere new I will usually look it up on Google maps. So when I get somewhere new I think to myself - this looks familiar. But then I think - have I only seen this place on Google?!

[@baph0met]

For Geocaching outside of lookig with the Street View Google Mapa are trash, half of paths and buildings aren't on there.

[@OnLowBattery]

I can never tell if i can trust toycat when he says "this is a real thing, you can trust me"

[@davidcovington901]

You flew over a huge hole just east of the pub, sort of startled me. Quite the sight. Apparently it's the "Deptford Shaft" of the new "Super Sewer" system. There's more than one way to get around London.

[@lizzie7412]

You can hold control and use your left click to rotate around freely while in 3D mode rather than rotating by clicking the compass, if you didn't know :)

[@ajcwhite]

I was looking for this comment

[@aripolonsky4558]

I was also looking for this comment

[@getdavemoore]

Hold down [CTRL] and left click hold down, then move the mouse. You now have full pan ad tilt control. Incredible tech from Google 👍

[@smorcrux426]

You could make a video about why there's such terrible satellite view in Israel, the answer is surprisingly complicated and weird

[@cuzthatshoweyroll]

FYI, if you hit hold Ctrl you can use your mouse to move around in 3d view. No need to hit the funky red/gray arrow thing :)

[@jippee1]

Hold shift and click and drag and rotate freely

[@dhfenske]

Ctrl or Shift. For me this is one of my greatest joys in life...to explore the world in 3D. Cities and mountains are absolutely spectacular.

[@EvanAviator]

idk how he didn’t figure that out but bro is gonna lose his mind once he does 😅

[@steffahn]

@@EvanAviator It even explains this key combination if you hover over the 3D button for longer than 1 second, not too hard to find.

[@jippee1]

For a guy that is always on google maps it surprises me. But maybe he just likes the map for his videos. Nonetheless excited to see the new content and exploration toycat will bring to his videos 👌👌

[@lesalmin]

"if you don't believe in globes, you can go to flat view" 🤣

[@HermitagePrisoner]

That's fun, consider doing more stuff like this please!

[@rachelcookie321]

The only one of these I knew was measuring distance because we had to do it in school once. I think it was when we were designing a subdivision and we had to get an accurate measurement of the area we were designing it for. I didn’t even know there was a globe view on Google maps. I mostly use google maps on mobile and I don’t think a lot of these features are available on mobile or they’re very well hidden.

[@Podaling]

Fun fact: for the distances one, if you make another distance after your first distance, then connect that 2nd distance to where it says "0" on the distances, you could actually make a polygon! Works with any polygon, no matter what (like a square, hexagon, nonagon, etc.)!

[@Giors]

WOW this was a video so full of excitement!! I love spending time googlin around the maps

[@lordrefrigerator]

“Have I seen any proof yet besides all the proof?” Is a great quote.

[@avail6797]

9:05, That is if the data is preserved and they have a means by which they can translate said data.

[@mapper7310]

Google maps (and other map/satellite services) is one of the most underrated things there is. I feel like people take it for granted we can zoom in to a metre to ANYWHERE in the world.

[@jonmortermusic]

I used to run the Richer Sounds in Colchester. You'd hear stories about that mega roundabout daily

[@krishan736]

i feel like i found my people by discovering this channel, didn't know anyone else this enthusiastic about google maps 😂😂

[@owenfaz21]

omg i live right next to that hellish roundabout in colchester . every time i have to drive somewhere i have a mini panic attack coming up to it … who the hell thought that was a good idea

[@LUNE.44]

15:34 that building in the centre looks way newer than the other omes, which immediately makes me wonder how on earth they managed to build it. Like, did they drop it in there? Was the whole thing constructed by hand and supplies airdropped by helicopters or something? How??!!!

[@reece.e]

the only reason why that magic roundabout is there in colchester is because it is in greenstead (the rough side of colchester) come visit stanway, lexden and birch were the zoo is and it is much more nicer to look at on google maps

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

I wish I'd known about this when I was trying to find a place I'd visited in San Tropez. I couldn't identify it from looking straight down, but it could be that the entire place had changed. Mostly, I was wanting to find out what the place was intended to be, and what kind of trees they had there...the trees were an entirely unfamiliar type. Also, my visit there was almost thirty-five years ago. Thanks for sharing the info. I'll be sure to waste a few hours playing with it.

[@GragerX]

9:37 Remind me to never drive in the UK 💀

[@than217]

The first ibx2cat group meetup should be at Buster Mantis. And if somebody spends 20 minutes circling the building asking how to get in we'll know they're not a true fan.

[@BigDTony]

In Google earth vr there is the 3d view and you can actually fly around earth in vr and stuff it's quite cool

[@tessanmart]

toycat can i just say i'm really loving the new thumbnails😂😂

[@magnusbruce4051]

The thing about flat roof pubs is 100% legit. Personally, I think if you're wanting a 3D view, you're probably better off using the browser version of google earth (or the app if you want, I'm not your dad) as you can adjust the viewing angle, and you can measure paths rather than just straight lines.

[@rogink]

It's really only single storey flat roof pubs though, built on council estates. It's funny how the pubs were often the only remaining original building after rebuilding an area post war, and Toycat showed one of these. So things must have been bad if they had to put up a new building - usually a prefab.

[@josieschultz4241]

toycat please go to buster mantis and show us the real way in im dying and this is my last wish

[@GageCravenDeutschGerman]

You can also go into 3d mode and make it even more 3d by holding ctrl and pushing your mouse up and down

[@Spacey1800]

Globe mode is a extension btw 1:21

[@samharrington2685]

if you press control on 3d view you can change the angle of the 3d view camera by using the mouse

[@benckx8999]

You can also view Google 3D on VR and feel like Godzilla, which is really amusing

[@thomasmartins2402]

He procrastinates by using google maps. I procrastinate by watching him use google maps

[@hayleyb1981]

Another feature: select see more dates in street view, you can go back to years ago. The furthest any has gone is 2008.

[@AlexDriscoll]

I know this is a four month old video but I've only just seen it. I was born in Deptford and then moved to Colchester and I saw TWO OF MY HOUSES from TWO SEPARATE PERIODS OF MY LIFE in this video!

[@Jackster8484]

my problem 3D-map view is when it is not there. Looking at Washington monument on 3D-map view is the most depressing thing ever. The other thing I find disappointing is when the there is a big iconic sign, but it is a jumbled up mess in 3D-view.

[@notsosmartchild1457]

When I’m procrastinating I’ll generally hop on google earth, I feel like its just a nicer platform to use and it does a great job at displaying mountains in 3D, google maps is the best platform for driving directions though.

[@Nasrul260]

I just now learned that you can go 3d on google maps. For years i thought that i need google earth to do that lol.

[@avail6797]

9:15 Why not have lights before entering the "motor way," or do "motor ways" there already have that included? On a side note, it would be great to see an in depth video on the various ways the world manages traffic. It could also be a entire series with each episode covering 1 to 3 countries.

[@smorcrux426]

are there really that many rails zipping around london? I mean I guess it does make sense because car cities have roads take up a giant portion of the city but that's still shocking

[@regndeer]

if youre on computer you can hold ctrl and pan around instead of switching between 90 degree perspectives

[@OlagGan]

Hence that old 21st century saying "People in semi transparent cars shouldn't go dogging"

[@cleryfrey]

I like Google Maps actually. It lets me see snapshots of older pictures. It took a picture of my father when he was still alive so when I want to "see" my father, I just check Google Maps and look at older pics of our house.

[@jeffkaylin892]

Are you Kidding Me?!?!!!! I've missed 3D view for a decade now. And all I had to do was to click on Globe view. This is the BEST thing yet!

[@stephanweinberger]

Wait until you find out that you can hold down Ctrl or Shift while draging your mouse, to get any angle you like.

[@yoavboaz1078]

The main thing i learned is that the River Thames is brown

[@wetsock6334]

Toycat, you can hold shift to freely move the camera too

[@stargazer-elite]

One thing I learned from this is that London has really bad building planers I get it’s old but still I shouldn’t have to walk through multiple other buildings to get to the building I need to go to

[@Nightraven26]

his mind will be blown when he discovers holding shift, clicking and dragging in 3d view

[@stargazer-elite]

Good job now someone is gonna go there every Thursday to try and meet you lol

[@coreyjblakey]

Do you know you can hold ctrl and click to tilt and orientate the camera any way you want in 3D? I haven't used the compass button to orientate in years, I figured it out when id zoom out from street view and be orientated in the direction the camera was last facing, and i wanted to be able to replicate that. Noticed you didn't seem to use that feature and it pains me watching you click the compass haha.

[@stevemonkey6666]

"binge drinking on random weekdays is part of our culture" 😂

[@Stitchez_YT]

People with Google earth: I have been 1894473828272773939202746292 steps ahead of you

[@fauxkiwi]

you can look around in the 3d view holding shift or control

[@markusklyver6277]

Fun fact: you can rotate it by holding shift and rotate with the mouse

[@OpelsiSq]

15:56 YOU CALLED ME OUT 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ktlknss]

You can rotate the camera with control clicking and dragging

[@rotorwash4731]

You can shift click to pan the 3d camera

[@MaebhsUrbanity]

Fun Fact: If you control=click you get full 3D controll of the camera.

[@flyingcat3170]

how do i drive a car in the roads with the arrow keys? also in tunnels

[@Buster-Sharp]

That Buster Bar sounds like quite the place

[@aultain]

people here dont even know about google earth...

[@westkoastdogg6680]

Has anyone ever said you look vaguely like Pete Doherty before? But instead of heroin being your drug of choice, its mine craft 🤣

[@user-uy5to1mf7b]

Heyy ibxtoycat, how do you overlay yourself on the corner of the video? I am having an uni assignment and I can t seem to replicate what you did

[@notohkae]

I thought you could only do 3d view on Google earth before this

[@AxeMeetsGun]

Does middle mouse still rotate the angle in 3D or was that just Google earth

[@JustANervousWreck]

I’ve wondered why Washington, DC isn’t on 3D The obvious answer would be “National security” but the whole city is basically mapped out to the extreme and I don’t see how 3D would affect security Istanbul is also only 2D, which for the largest city in Europe is really strange

[@stephanweinberger]

For a 3D view you need aerial images from different angles, so you can actually work out the shapes of buildings. I guess DC just has so many flight restrictions that they were lucky to get even one perspective. Other areas of the world generally aren't mapped as well, often you don't even have one aerial shot (i.e. it's really satellite images), never mind the 3+ angles you need before you can even start about reconstructing the 3D shape of things. (btw. then google uses elevation models like eg. SRTM and just maps the flat images onto them, which often gives very weird results).

[@JustANervousWreck]

@@stephanweinberger thanks for responding, that’s interesting but if flight restrictions are actually why 3D doesn’t exist in DC, then I wonder why New York’s 3D view is so detailed when they have similar (but obviously not the same) restrictions.

[@Womble625]

Google Earth has a way better 3D view if your curious it allows you to pan down way more

[@julianshepherd2038]

Scools usually close before cocktail bars open.

[@jmtz3149]

Looking at google earth for hours is my favorite pastime

[@foehammer9871]

great video!

[@Brambrew]

I forgot that it's 10:00 AM in London, UK time. I was like "I'm up waaay too late. Why did ibxtoycat post a video _just now?"_

[@M30W3R]

You could make some absurdly cool RTS out of the Google Maps 3d option.

[@tstar007as7]

Bruh! Satellite view of London is more clear than street views in India

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

6:46 As not a Brit, I can confirm.

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

I'm surprised you didn't change the angle of view when using the 3d satellite view

[@Frameton.]

ok let me blow your mind: when using 3d mode zoom in on a location, press ctrl and hold it and then drag with your left mouse button. You're welcome

[@Max-Films]

wait till he learns the control + drag gesture

[@Liggliluff]

(1:10) Is it just me or has Toycat gone from only speaking metric and making jokes about imperial, to only speaking imperial? Aka, gone backwards and taken steps away from a unified metric world.

[@SantiagoItzcoatl]

My fav 2nd channel 🎉

[@trashtrash2169]

Did you ever even tell us how to enter the place?

[@ScottMcBlane]

But where was the doorway to the bar you visited?!

[@level_breaded5364]

Looking at London from above makes me sad

[@stevedyoutube]

"I'm not the boss of you, man" 😂

[@JC20XX]

Getting harder to believe you don't care about second channel with thumbnails like that

[@JowanCollier]

the doghouse does excellent sunday roasts

[@aguyusingyoutube2088]

I find it funny that a kids youtuber made a whole video on how to find places to drink

[@bennywise410]

shoutout deptford check out the market!!