Google has never exactly been a steward of anyones' privacy. In 2008, the Minnesota suburb of North Oaks decided it didn't want pictures of it up on Google's service, and threatened to cite Google for trespassing. Captured by roving vehicles and individual photographers equipped with camera-laden backpacks, the service has been controversial from the start - both in the ways you might imagine, and ways you might not. The entire process is surprisingly easy.Īs the name would suggest, Street View, launched in 2007 (Opens in a new tab), provides a street-level view of many cities and towns around the world. Specifically, you can ask Google to permanently blur your house out - leaving only a smeared suggestion of a building in its place. Thankfully, there is something you can do about it. What that peek reveals may be more than you've bargained for - think views into bedroom windows, potential fodder for stalkers (Opens in a new tab), and more. That window just so happens to peek into your home, as well. Google Street View offers up a window to the world in all its bizarre, intimate, and often raw glory. But it offers an important distinction: a better set of Layers.Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. This is because both have the satellite layer.
Google Maps allows you to find and share directions and explore your locality with a fine-toothed comb.
Few things like searching and directions are also similar in both. Google Earth and Google Maps use the same satellite/aerial and street view imagery to give you some amazing data on our planet. Google Earth also runs on Firefox, Edge, and Opera. Note: Google Earth Pro is entirely free to download on desktops, and you can even use the web version in Chrome and the mobile apps on Android or iOS.
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