Google is preparing to update its Maps and Earth apps with even more accurate satellite imagery and updated Street View views for many countries.
Google is reportedly about to roll out two major updates to its Google Maps and Google Earth tools. These will notably bring even more precise satellite imagery to both applications while Google Street View is being enhanced in many countries.
An even more precise satellite view
Google Earth and Google Maps will soon offer clearer and more precise satellite imagery, thanks to Google’s advances in terms of AI. Thanks to its Cloud Score+ model, the firm can recognize clouds as well as their shadows to remove them from a satellite view. According to Google, the rendering will now offer a ” clearer and more precise vision of the Earth » on both of its apps.
A new feature is also coming to Google Earth: the ability to travel through time and browse satellite and aerial views of many cities over the last 80 years.
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Google Street View gets updates in nearly 80 countries
Google has taken the opportunity to deploy new imagery within its Street View in many countries such as France, Australia, Argentina, Denmark, Japan and many others. The feature is finally arriving in Bosnia, Namibia, Liechtenstein and Paraguay.
According to Google, this is “one of the most important updates of Street View” since its launch. We can therefore expect updated and more accurate imaging in most cases.
Deployment pending
The new features are detailed to us by the very reliable site9to5Googlewhich is based on a post on the official Google blog that is now offline. There is no doubt about the veracity of this update, but it does not yet have a deployment date.
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