12.(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.Remove the Pin and the Address From the Viewing Field Limit to How Close You Can Get with Google Earth Make Sure the Pin is on the Address You Want

Search for the Address Where You Want to See a Satellite Image

I believe they all got that figure from an old post on the Google Earth blog that has since been deleted. There is currently no official guidance from Google about the average age of the images used in Google Earth, but there are a lot of websites claiming the average image is 1 to 3 years old. But the images they use are typically anywhere from a few weeks to a few years old. Google Earth works by compiling a massive database of satellite images which they combine to create a seamless collage that covers almost the entire globe in amazing detail. Nobody on Earth has the capacity to let millions of random users control a camera on a satellite at the same time, which is what would be necessary for that.Īnd they certainly wouldn’t let anyone use a satellite-based camera for free. To do that, you would have to be able take control of the camera on a satellite, point it at your house and zoom in.

Note: You cannot see a live satellite view of your house in real time for free on the internet. This article gives step-by-step instructions to help you see a satellite image of your house (or any building with an address, really) using Google Earth.

Google satellite picture of my house