A hidden Google Maps Street View feature will let you travel back in time

Date:
Mon, 16 May 2022 14:28:45 +0000

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This hidden Google Maps feature will let you travel back in time using Street View.

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Google Maps isnt just a helpful guide to find your way around a new area, it has a hidden feature that turns it into a time machine.

While you wont be able to go back and change the past, you can flick back through the archive of Google Maps Street View images to reminisce about what your local area used to look like.

If youre after a hit of nostalgia, this is a fun little feature youll definitely want to try out, so heres how to go back in time with Google Maps. How to visit the past with Google Maps

For starters, youre going to want to open up Google Maps on your PC and then drop into Street View.

A simple way to do this is to drag the yellow figure (Pegman) in the bottom right corner onto any road. When you grab a hold of them the streets will
glow blue so you know where you can drop them.

Once youre down in Street View, youll want to look in the top left corner of the window. Here youll see a brief description of where you are and
underneath itll say Street View followed by a month and a year.

Click on this and a timeline will appear with a few points on. By dragging
the gray circle forwards or backward you can see what the place looked like
at different times throughout the last decade or so.

Once youve scrolled back to when you want to visit, click on the image and youll now be able to explore Street View in the past. Image 1 of 2 Times Square New York in 2021 (Image credit: Future) Image 2 of 2 Times Square New York in 2011 (Image credit: Future)

Not all places will be equal though. In our testing, we found some locations like New Yorks Time Square had over a dozen points to travel back to, while others had only a couple or no other points at all.

Generally, the best roads to visit are in towns or cities, while dead ends
and those out in the sticks will only have been captured once or twice and thats if youre lucky.

If you want to find out about other cool Google Maps tricks we have a guide thatll teach you about five things you didnt know Google Maps could do . And when youre with that, be sure to check out our follow-up that teaches you about five more hidden Google Maps features .



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