Consider how you could link these locations to ' Environmental issues linked with the global shift of industry: food production systems for global agribusiness' from Unit 6 of the IB DP Geography guide.įragile Beauty - gives you 8 locations - such as rivers meandering and changing coastlines.Google Earth has curated some locations and stories to check out →Ĭhanging Forests - gives you 11 locations - such as soybean farming, cattle ranching and Palm Oil Production. Looking back in time at some suggested locations Then choose ' Timelapse in Google Earth'. This is Voyager - Google Earth's storytelling platform. If you are already in Google Earth on web you can click on the ship's wheel on the left hand navigation menu. To explore Timelapse in Google Earth, go to g.co/Timelapse - you can use the handy search bar to choose any place on the planet where you want to experience the passing of time. This feature was a much loved tool on the desktop version of Google Earth and now users can make use of it on (in my opinion) Google Earth's flagship version - Google Earth on web. With ' Timelapse in Google Earth' you can look back at the past 37 years of satellite imagery in some locations. Google, making the biggest change since 2017, has added the ability to go back in time to the web based version of Google Earth.

Google satellite picture of my house