

Once you have zoomed in, click the “Satellite” where it says Layers. Keeping your cursor over the marked location, use your mouse wheel or the plus (+) minus (-) keys on your keyboard to zoom in or zoom out.Ĥ. This will mark the location of your house.ģ. Type in your full address, city, and zip code in the search field at the top of the page and click Search Maps. To get an aerial view, follow these steps for the direct approach with entering your address (faster):Ģ.

This will provide you with an aerial photographic image of your location. As you zoom in, you may need to center the map intermittently to keep it pinpointed on your home’s location.ģ. You can also use your mouse wheel or the plus (+) minus (-) keys on your keyboard to zoom in or out. Zoom in by clicking the vertical zoom tool slider or + / – controls on the side of the map. If your home is not centered, use your cursor by clicking and dragging the map so that your home location is centered. You should see the United States in map view, or it may already be centered on your location. To get an aerial view, follow these steps for zoom approach (longer):Ģ. But, in most instances, this won't be an issue for most.Google Maps allows you to view aerial photographic imagery, map and terrain data, business listings, reviews, traffic, and other related information.

But there will be exceptions: places excluded by the service, or places too newly constructed to have been assumed into Google's systems. So can you view your house on Google Earth? The quick answer is yes, of course. 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. (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.
