How Do I Change The Year on Google Maps?

How Do I Change The Year on Google Maps?: Google Maps links to Google Earth so that you can view images of your home as uploaded to the site or taken by satellite. Thanks to the Earth Timelapse Project, you have access to historical photographs of properties and roads. Let’s see how you can change the year on Google Maps using this new functionality.

How do I change the year on Google Maps?

Step 1: Open Street View Date

After opening Google Maps, you have to drag the orange man icon on the road you want to see. Once open, click on the top left and click on Street View with the current date selection. After tapping on it, a new window will appear.

Open Street View date (1)
Open Street View date (1)

Step 2: Drag the slider

Under the new window is a slider between years available for you to see. For example, it may indicate between 2018 and 2021, meaning you have four years that you can assess. Just drag the slider to the appropriate timeline.

Drag the slider (1)
Drag the slider (1)

Step 3: Preview Image

With the right year opening, you can preview the streets and buildings now. You can actually walk around normally, seeing how things looked before. If you are looking at your past home then it is a melancholy journey of the past which will give you a rush of emotions.

Preview the image (1)
Preview the image (1)

back to the past

Changing the year on Google Maps can be a fun trip in history if you have relevant years that you are looking for. You can also use it for your studies or homework projects. Of course, data is only updated when Google Earth has records from those specific years, so you might be lucky now



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