Google Earth: Features Every User Need To Know
Staff ReporterMany are not aware, but Google Maps has a lesser known counterpart that makes life easier for explorers. Google Earth is an app that helps users navigate every geographical corner they desire. Ordoh reports that Google Maps and Google Earth have become more similar in multiple ways in the past years but they serve two distinct purposes.
Both Google Maps and Google Earth allow users to search for directions and save locations they'd like to go to and they both offer street view features. The difference between the two is that, Google Earth features multiple satellite images all over the world. Users can get panoramic views of any location, stretching across multiple continents in 3D high-resolution.
Android Central believes that Google Maps is best suited for directions, whereas Google Earth is better for exploring. Google Earth can give you in-depth info using a Wikipedia overlay and if you upgrade to Pro, you can even get information from various NGOs and datasets from companies regarding any and all information about the area you're looking into. Moreover, you get a seamless transition from satellite view to street view.
Google Maps, however, gives users the option to save data in multiple devices. Users will also find that Google Earth is not feasible while they're out on the road or travelling. Google Earth's high-tech features make its access limited in some devices. Recent updates also added contextual search in Google maps and it now allows integration with other apps that is currently unavailable with Google Earth. With the addition of live transportation updates available in key major cities on Google Maps, it is the app of choice when you're trying to get from point A to point B.
Another issue that separates the two apps is the frequency at which it is updated. Even with the addition of contextual search and app integration on Maps, there are some parts of their database that badly need updating. Google Earth is still more accurate and up to date in terms of how each street looks like. But Google is currently setting its eyes on Maps and we may be looking at the possibility that one of these two apps is going assimilate one of the other.
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