

Once you've entered the address of your chosen destination, Google will populate a road map of the area. Open Google Maps and type in the address you're interested in viewing-it can be as simple as the location of your childhood home or something as exciting as the Trevi Fountain in Italy. To access the feature, use the following steps. "Google Earth is built from a broad range of imagery providers, including public, government, commercial and private sector sources – some of which may blur images before they supply it to us.Related: Google Maps Can Help You Check Your Neighborhood's Air Quality-Here's How to Use the Feature This Summer How to Use Google Maps' Time Travel Feature It added that Google Earth is built from a broad range of imagery providers, including public, government, commercial and private sector sources and that sometimes images are blurred before they are made available for Google to use.Ī Google spokesperson said: "Google does not itself blur satellite imagery. hah."Īnother Reddit user responded: "I imagine they had Google blur their house on StreetView (ya know, for privacy) but Google wouldn't do it for Satellite View, as it is done by third party providers. "EDIT: Looking again on DuckDuckGo, looks like they were or are trying to change it to say "EAT S**T".

like the paint ran after a while and makes it look messed up. looking at it in Bing Maps, it looks the same as Apple Maps. "What's funny is that, while you can't see it clearly, it looks completely different on Apple Maps satellite view. Posting their finding on January 25, the Reddit user said: "They've had their property image blurred from StreetView as well. Google will permanently blur properties on street view for privacy reasons, but not on its satellite view which has resulted in the fuming homeowner writing "F**k you" on their roof. The property in Neese Lane in Moss Point, Mississippi, US, is blurred when on street view, although it is not blurred on satellite. Get the news you want straight to your inbox.
