{"id":70607,"date":"2021-04-22T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T13:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=70607"},"modified":"2021-04-22T10:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:58:28","slug":"dramatic-evolution-of-cities-google-earth-time-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/dramatic-evolution-of-cities-google-earth-time-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Dramatic Evolution of Cities Unfold Using Google Earth&#8217;s New &#8216;Time Travel&#8217; Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i>Architects: Showcase your next project through\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Architizer<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0and sign up for our\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizer\/newslettersubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>inspirational newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multifaceted and interconnected effects of the climate crisis are unfolding on a massive scale that is difficult to comprehend, let alone visualize. For this reason, Google is now harnessing the power of satellite imagery to offer a crucial and compelling new perspective on planetary change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Google Earth was first launched back in 2011, the geobrowser created a 3D replica of our world and, in so doing, revolutionized our sense of planetary scale. It allowed us to travel around the globe, visiting different areas from a bird\u2019s eye view \u2014 almost in real-time. Over the past decade, the platform expanded its reach to the furthest and most remote locations on the planet. Now, just in time for Earth Day 2021, Google offers a major update to the service by bringing <em>time travel<\/em> into the fold. In total, more than 24 million satellite images have been combined to create zoomable <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/Timelapse\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3D timelapse videos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of our globe. This technology allows users to explore and observe how the planet has transformed since 1984.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item alignleft wp-image-70691 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?resize=3014%2C1872&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Earth timelapse urban expansion\" width=\"3014\" height=\"1872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?w=3014&amp;ssl=1 3014w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?resize=1024%2C636&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?resize=768%2C477&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?resize=1536%2C954&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?resize=2048%2C1272&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.31.30.png?resize=400%2C248&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70690\" style=\"width: 3034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70690\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70690 lazy lazy_media_item\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?resize=3024%2C1864&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"1864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?resize=1024%2C631&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?resize=768%2C473&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?resize=1536%2C947&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?resize=2048%2C1262&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-19-at-17.32.07.png?resize=400%2C247&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/earthfeed\/content\/prod\/en\/0c97161c469811eabe132de25b2aff69.kmz#dubai;balloonFlyto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palm Islands: Dubai, United Arab Emirates<\/a>. Above: Dubai, 1984. Below: Dubai, 2020. <em>S<\/em><em>creenshots from Google Earth <a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/@50.94302182,6.4644764,230a,72571d,35y,0h,0.00000869t,0r\/data=CjISMBIgNTQ0MGExNzMxYzI1MTFlYTk0NDM4YmI2ODk0NDUyOTciDG1haW5Ob1JhbmRvbQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stories: Urban Expansion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To better contextualize the reasons behind the changing landscape, Google partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmucreatelab.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CREATE Lab<\/a> at Carnegie Melon University. The hope is that these new ways of cartographically visualizing data will illustrate climate change in action. To this end, guided tours of select locations narrate how and why various landscapes have changed. Curated collections include \u201cChanging Forests,\u201d \u201cSources of Energy,\u201d and \u201cFragile Beauty,\u201d among others. The \u201cUrban Expansion\u201d collection may be of particular interest to architects and urbanists, which allows users to watch water supplies shrink and surrounding ecosystems dull as various cities grow. Not all of the images are doom and gloom; timelapses of Paris, Singapore and Seoul offer inspiring images of greening or densification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item alignleft wp-image-70695 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?resize=3022%2C1926&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Earth timelapse urban expansion\" width=\"3022\" height=\"1926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?w=3022&amp;ssl=1 3022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?resize=1024%2C653&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?resize=1536%2C979&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?resize=2048%2C1305&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.29.png?resize=400%2C255&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70694\" style=\"width: 3030px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70694\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-70694 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?resize=3020%2C1930&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Earth timelapse urban expansion\" width=\"3020\" height=\"1930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?w=3020&amp;ssl=1 3020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?resize=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?resize=768%2C491&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?resize=1536%2C982&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?resize=2048%2C1309&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.50.44.png?resize=400%2C256&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Above: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 1984. Below: Fort McMurray, 2020. Screenshots from Google Earth <a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/@57.12402294,-111.7539583,94a,49760.55990322d,35y,7h,0t,130000r\/data=CjISMBIgNTQ0MGExNzMxYzI1MTFlYTk0NDM4YmI2ODk0NDUyOTciDG1haW5Ob1JhbmRvbQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Featured Location: Infrastructure<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to these narrated stories, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/@57.12402294,-111.7539583,94a,49760.55990322d,35y,7h,0t,130000r\/data=CjISMBIgNTQ0MGExNzMxYzI1MTFlYTk0NDM4YmI2ODk0NDUyOTciDG1haW5Ob1JhbmRvbQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Featured Locations<\/a>,&#8221; whose stunning visuals stand alone without detailed captions, are collected under names such as \u201cAgriculture,\u201d \u201cMegacities,\u201d \u201cInfrastructure,\u201d \u201cMining,\u201d and \u201cNatural Disasters.\u201d Still, users aren&#8217;t limited to Google&#8217;s curated collections \u2014 by using the search bar, anyone can navigate their time travel around the globe, observing dams flooding African plains, road networks expanding throughout the Amazon rainforest, or glaciers retreating in Greenland. These mesmerizing visualizations of the Anthropocene era illustrate how human society has changed the natural environment, how cities are growing, and the inimitable beauty of our shared ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item alignleft wp-image-70693 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?resize=3024%2C1932&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Earth timelapse urban expansion\" width=\"3024\" height=\"1932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?w=3024&amp;ssl=1 3024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?resize=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?resize=768%2C491&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?resize=1536%2C981&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?resize=2048%2C1308&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.23.png?resize=400%2C256&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70692\" style=\"width: 3032px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70692\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item wp-image-70692 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?resize=3022%2C1934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Earth timelapse urban expansion\" width=\"3022\" height=\"1934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?w=3022&amp;ssl=1 3022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?resize=1024%2C655&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?resize=768%2C491&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?resize=1536%2C983&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?resize=2048%2C1311&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-20-at-13.36.46.png?resize=400%2C256&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/earthfeed\/content\/prod\/en\/0c97161c469811eabe132de25b2aff69.kmz#las-vegas;balloonFlyto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Betting on Growth: Las Vegas, Nevada<\/a>. Above: Las Vegas, 1884. Below: Las Vegas, 2020. Screenshots from Google Earth <a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/@50.94302182,6.4644764,230a,72571d,35y,0h,0.00000869t,0r\/data=CjISMBIgNTQ0MGExNzMxYzI1MTFlYTk0NDM4YmI2ODk0NDUyOTciDG1haW5Ob1JhbmRvbQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stories: Urban Expansion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Architects: Showcase your next project through\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Architizer<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0and sign up for our\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/architizer\/newslettersubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>inspirational newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These mesmerizing visualizations of the Anthropocene era illustrate humans&#8217; devastating impact and the inimitable beauty of the natural world. 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