Useful for gleaning house numbers on specific buildings, as and when useful.
You can navigate between shots using the directional arrows, click-and-drag to get a better view, or hit the '+' symbol to zoom in. These Street View images are taken from one of the many Google cars that have driven around millions of miles of the world's streets. That street will light up blue and, once you release the mouse, you'll then be taken in by another animation taking you to street level. No wonder, then, that historical maps, both on-screen and on paper, are an enduring source of wonder.(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. When he later took up hill walking, those OS maps took on an even greater significance. Following every bend in the road on an Ordnance Survey map seemed almost magical. Mike Bedford first remembers being fascinated with maps on childhood holidays in Cornwall in pre-sat nav days. To see this, select ‘historical imagery’ from the ‘view’ menu and then select a date using the slider control which will appear.Įxtract taken from an in-depth exploration of using maps in local and family history in the August issue of Family Tree magazine. Other populous parts of the UK plus many cities in mainland Europe, also have photography dating back to 1945 or even earlier. The availability differs around the globe but, for areas of high population density, you might find a good selection.įor central London, for example, there’s photography for 1945 plus many dates from 1999 to the present day.
Note also, that Google Earth (as opposed to Google Maps) also has some historic aerial photography. Coverage is by no means complete, although the Central Band is well catered for. Scotland has many historic vertical images available at NLS Maps.
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