The animation below shows just how much Google’s Street View program has expanded over the years. We think of it as the foundation of the entire mapmaking process. Imagery is at the core of everything we do. Ethan Russell, a director of product at Google Maps said: In terms of where people actually live, that percentage stands at a whopping 98% leaving only a few areas of the planet unaccessible on Google Earth. In an equally impressive feat, Google says that Google Earth has mapped over 36 million miles of the planet. Street View Google Arts & Culture Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the. Starting with Street View, Google says that it has mapped over 10 million miles, the equivalent of circling the Earth over 400 times. Speaking to CNET, Google offered these numbers for the very first time. Street-Level Views: Google Earth can access the Street Map images that Google acquires by driving city streets and photographing them in 3D. Google Maps and Earth are two useful pieces of software for getting around or learning more about our planet, and this week, Google is offering up some details on just what percentage of the planet these two services have mapped.

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