Now I navigate on streetlevel within the StreetView frame (I created a profile for my SpaceNavigator), drive through the streets, look around, zoom in and out. I fly to the street I’d like to look at, start the StreetView from GlobeGlider’s menu and maximize the SV frame. My most liked combination of StreetView and Google Earth ist using GlobeGlider. So, get out there and explore the millions of Street View images already available in several countries: US, France, Spain, Japan, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Netherlands, England, Scotland, and Ireland. You can also turn on other layers such as the Geographic Web (including photos), Roads, Dining, Lodging, etc. With Google Earth, you can adjust the transparency of the images and compare the background 3D terrain or 3D buildings (if available) and see that the Street View photos match the surrounding area. You can even see the spherical Street View photos as you zoom in close over a street. Street View images are spherical panoramas allowing you to look around 360 degrees side-to-side and up-down. Street View in Google Earth uses the special Photo Viewer tool which lets you pan around the inside of a 3D projected photo.

Click the link there to enter the Street View image. If you single-click the left mouse button on a Street View camera icon, you get a placemark that shows the photo. Then look for the gold camera icons as you zoom into a street location of interest. The first thing you’ll need to do is look for the Street View layer on the lower left of Google Earth and turn it on by clicking the little box to the left.

So, how do you use Street View in Google Earth? This “How To” video gives you a good overview of how Street View works and looks in Google Earth:įor those of you who prefer written instructions: But, Google Earth has its advantages with Street View as well.

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