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Google Maps is a time machine
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:30 pm
Google Maps Pro even more so with the ability to look even farther back with the aerial views (to 1994 at least).
Looking at images of my parents’ and grandparents’ houses, realizing that teenage me was likely in the picture having a normal day doing what teenage me would do, and my deceased grandparents were both alive and no one had any conception that 32 years later I would be looking at aerial pictures of the properties on a computer.
Street View? Time Machine with more detail but only back to 2007 (in my area at least).
Looking at images of my parents’ and grandparents’ houses, realizing that teenage me was likely in the picture having a normal day doing what teenage me would do, and my deceased grandparents were both alive and no one had any conception that 32 years later I would be looking at aerial pictures of the properties on a computer.
Street View? Time Machine with more detail but only back to 2007 (in my area at least).
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 3:32 pm
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:52 pm to weagle1999
Street view with VR glasses is as close to one as it gets. A friend was telling me about showing an Eastern European friend his home town he hadn't been to in years. He said the grown man was crying when he took the goggles off.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:23 pm to weagle1999
I didn't realize you could go back in time with Google Earth.
Parts of New Orleans has satellite views from August 2005, right after Katrina. And you can see the flooded streets
Parts of New Orleans has satellite views from August 2005, right after Katrina. And you can see the flooded streets
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:28 pm to weagle1999
I do this with street view all the time. Its a shame the shots from 2007-2009 are so crappy, but at least we have them. Its fascinating to watch things change. I use street view to preview trips all the time, too.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:31 pm to boxcarbarney
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Parts of New Orleans has satellite views from August 2005, right after Katrina. And you can see the flooded streets
In my old neighborhood you can see boats with wakes going down the streets.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:47 pm to weagle1999
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Google Maps Pro
How do you get Google Maps Pro? Or are you talking about Google Earth?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:51 pm to weagle1999
2016 Flood has a few pics in the Prairieville area, pretty cool to see.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:55 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
It is a separate app than Google Maps online.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 5:08 pm to weagle1999
I use Google Earth at the office a good bit. Obviously stuff like measure a distance, try to figure out when a building was built, but we also setup a kml file to access previous geotechnical reports based on location.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:31 pm to weagle1999
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:35 pm to weagle1999
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likely in the picture having a normal day doing what teenage me would do
keep it PG sir
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:00 pm to tigersownall
Wow! That is incredible.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:49 pm to weagle1999
It’s used frequently in the insurance claims adjustment process…
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:12 pm to weagle1999
*Google Earth
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:37 pm to weagle1999
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Looking at images of my parents’ and grandparents’ houses, realizing that teenage me was likely in the picture having a normal day doing what teenage me would do, and my deceased grandparents were both alive and no one had any conception that 32 years later I would be looking at aerial pictures of the properties on a computer.
I think the same. Good share
Posted on 4/21/26 at 8:45 am to Btrtigerfan
The house I grew up in is now an unkept and rundown looking POS.
First time I discovered the time stamps on Google Maps I went as far back as it would let me and the image was the house just as I remembered it when I was in high school.
It was taken during the late afternoon just before dusk (golden hour) and there are my parents cars parked under the carport, my old basketball goal is still out in the driveway, etc.
My mom is no longer with us and as a man I will tell you the first time I saw that it watered my eyes a good bit. It seems silly but being able to go back and revisit just that little moment in time has always meant a lot to me.
First time I discovered the time stamps on Google Maps I went as far back as it would let me and the image was the house just as I remembered it when I was in high school.
It was taken during the late afternoon just before dusk (golden hour) and there are my parents cars parked under the carport, my old basketball goal is still out in the driveway, etc.
My mom is no longer with us and as a man I will tell you the first time I saw that it watered my eyes a good bit. It seems silly but being able to go back and revisit just that little moment in time has always meant a lot to me.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:24 am to weagle1999
Google Earth has historical imagery and street view,
but also has a flight simulator, a stellarium (star maps), a moon globe, and mars globe.
but also has a flight simulator, a stellarium (star maps), a moon globe, and mars globe.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 11:37 am to LSUBFA83
Yeah I just put my old address in Chalmette on it. Went back to late August just before Katrina then the next one was like September 2/3 and wow.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 11:42 am to weagle1999
I take this for granted because it's the software I use the most at work 
Posted on 4/21/26 at 12:35 pm to weagle1999
I did this recently too. Really cool to see the old street views. I saw my parents old vehicles. Really gave me a warm feeling for some reason.
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