

When you open Historical Imagery, the toolbar shown below is displayed. You may encounter places between images where no date is shown.This is because the 3D imagery is treated as a model in Google Earth and not imagery. For cities with 3D imagery, the date of the 3D imagery is not shown.For an explanation as to why this is, see this post. For aerial imagery, the date displayed may not be accurate.

which is the date of the oldest available historical imagery. If you put the mouse over the location you are interested in, Google Earth will show “Imagery date” near the bottom center of the screen. It is also important to know how to tell the date of the imagery being displayed in Google Earth. Note that the date will only show when historical imagery is available for the area you are viewing. Click on the date in the lower left corner of the Google Earth window, which will take you immediately to the oldest historical imagery available.From the menu select ‘View->Historical Imagery’.(A clock with an arrow pointing anticlockwise see 1.

