Google Earth Timelaps

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There’s no denying that Google Earth, as well as Google Maps, provide enormous opportunities for Internet users. At any moment user can take a virtual walk around the Taj Mahal or change the perspective to the middle of the jungle in South America.

Google surprised us this time with a very interesting feature that was added this week. The function is called Google Earth Timelaps and it gives us the ability to trace the history of an area over the last 37 years using satellite imagery. This way, anyone can observe the interactive changes to the earth that have taken place over the past four decades.

Google video promoting the new feature:

Considering that the changes that have taken place on Earth in the last 50 years are unmatched by any period in human history, this feature shows how drastic the impact of human activities has become.

Animation shows glacier change in Alaska over the last 37 years

Google Earth Timelaps allows the viewer to look at how buildings, cities and rivers have changed using advanced 3D graphics rendering techniques. By rotating the model and changing the viewpoint, the user is able to view a time-lapse movie of superimposed images. Some of the most interesting phenomena to observe are the drying up of the Areal Sea, the expansion of the Dubai coast, the deforestation of the Amazon, but most importantly the melting of glaciers. All of this irrefutable evidence makes a very good case against skeptics of global warming and harmful human exploitation of the Earth. The addition of these features also provides a great deal of data for urban planners and environmental engineers.

https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/

https://blog.google/products/earth/timelapse-in-google-earth/

https://www.purepc.pl/google-earth-funkcja-timelapse-pozwala-zapoznac-sie-z-historycznymi-zdjeciami-satelitarnymi-naszej-planety

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