Specific tools like searching with Live View may not work where you live, regardless of Street View and the lighting conditions. Not every location has a full Street View map created this link shows where Google is currently mapping, so you can check if your area is getting the Street View treatment soon. The Street View app shut down recently, so Maps and Live View are the best way to access this tool on the go. And it must be somewhere with a mapped Street View, which Google stitches together with footage from its fleet of cars mounted with 360º cameras. But, in most instances, this won't be an issue for most.To use Live View, you must be in a well-lit outdoor area where the camera can recognize nearby buildings or street signs. But there will be exceptions: places excluded by the service, or places too newly constructed to have been assumed into Google's systems. So can you view your house on Google Earth? The quick answer is yes, of course. Useful for gleaning house numbers on specific buildings, as and when useful.

You can navigate between shots using the directional arrows, click-and-drag to get a better view, or hit the '+' symbol to zoom in.

These Street View images are taken from one of the many Google cars that have driven around millions of miles of the world's streets. That street will light up blue and, once you release the mouse, you'll then be taken in by another animation taking you to street level. (Image credit: Google) Knock on the front door?īeyond Google Earth and its 3D-styling, you can use the system much like Google Maps (or, indeed, just use Maps in the first instance) to drag-and-drop the little orange person from the right corner of the screen onto an available street.

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