Maps of the earth from space from Russian satellites. Google satellite map - Detailed description of the service

Two Google Maps - diagram and satellite

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Two google maps Maps (Scheme and Satellite), which can be used to compare any object in any city (street, house) and country in the world. Visibility of a geographical object on the map and view from space (Google satellite map), street panorama (drag the orange man onto the diagram)

Just type the required address in the Google Maps search form. This could be the name of a country, city, street. For a more accurate search, we recommend combining your Google query

Example: Moscow Tverskaya 11, or another address in Moscow (as in any city in the world)

In this case, the service database Google Maps 2019 will correctly match the coordinates with the address being dialed. Believe me, it will do no worse than +showing interesting and popular places in the world. This sufficiently guarantees the output of the exact location of the search object

By default, two maps show the sunny city of Los Angeles (satellite view and regular one). By changing the suggested scale +/-, you can take a closer look at each street with houses (Los Angeles)

The City of Angels is the second most populous city in the United States. Disneyland (Anaheim) and the Hollywood sign are also located there. By zooming out on the satellite map from the satellite (-), you will witness an interesting metamorphosis. All that's left is to try. Photos of streets (satellite images) and panoramic view also available on both circuits

By the way, you can find Disneyland itself at these coordinates. Copy Ctrl+C and paste into the search form Ctrl+V

33.810781,-117.918978

Similar interesting things await here when you zoom out (-). By zooming the diagram to the maximum, you can also use the Google Maps “Arrow Spin” tool (appears above the zoom tool).

Also in Los Angeles is the Google office at Los Angeles 340 Main Street (type that to search). One of 70 offices in 40 countries around the world

In some cases, you need to compare two different objects in the same view. Let's say you look at the desired street on a map of the city of Moscow from a satellite - or pictures of roads and squares. First, we find the capital of Russia on the map. Previously, they were able to determine the latitude and longitude of any city in the world. Then switch the map from above to the “Satellite” view (lower left corner). The map in Russian below will remain as is. This is how it looks like to compare two Google Maps:

⬇ List: popular and interesting places on Google Maps (new ones are being added):

  • Zaryadye Park, Moscow 55.751085, 37.628765
  • Belarus, Brest Fortress 52.082599, 23.655529
  • Berlin, Reichstag 52.518712, 13.376100
  • Himalayas, Everest 27.989302, 86.925040
  • Baikonur Cosmodrome 45.996389, 63.563907
  • Mexico, Aztec city 19.692850, -98.843856
  • Monte Carlo, embankment 43.734819, 7.421430
  • Rio de Janeiro, Jesus Christ statue -22.952264, -43.210662
  • Statue “Motherland”, Kyiv 50.426760, 30.563044
  • Statue “Motherland”, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd 48.742342, 44.537109
  • Petronas Towers Malaysia 3.157933, 101.711846
  • London "Big Ben" 51.501021, -0.124660
  • France, Channel Tunnel 50.922493, 1.781868
  • Australia, Sydney, Opera House -33.856716, 151.215294
  • UAE Dubai, artificial islands 25.114663, 55.139036

What are the possible uses satellites flying over our heads in real time You know?

We can simply observe them, we can use them to calculate coordinates and obtain images of the area.

In addition to the static satellite map of the Earth presented above, you can use the service or this interactive map to view:

But you can look at such a map from a satellite on the Yandex Maps service.

World map from satellite from Yandex maps online:
(Use + and – to change the map scale)

Google Earth Maps also provides the opportunity for virtual travel to any corner of the world.

(To move around the map, zoom in, out of the map, change the image angle, use the navigation in the form of arrows and + and – signs at the top of the map. Also try to control the map by holding the right mouse button)

Enter the name of the city:

You can watch the Earth in real time from a satellite! You can find out more about this in our article “”

The capabilities of satellites today are simply fantastic. It turns out there is one more thing no less interesting activity– satellite fishing!
If you have:
1) Satellite dish
2) Computer DVB tuner (DVB-PCI tuner, DVB card)
Then you can go fishing. But what can we catch and what is the point?

And the meaning is this - when sending a request to issue (download) a file, you send a request to a special server, and the answer comes via satellite to the receiving dish. One person sends a request, but anyone can accept it, because the satellite does not know where a specific user is and transmits information to everyone who falls within its coverage area. In order to receive the file, you need special card to receive a signal from. The card has a unique number by which the satellite identifies the recipient, allowing him to receive discrete data. In turn, the “fisherman” catches the entire stream, all the user information from some provider. To catch something worthwhile from this stream, you need special grabber programs that have filters where you can specify file extensions, size, etc. The only thing is that grabbers identify a file not by extension, but by the file signature, so you will additionally need to download codes with filters. You will also need renaming programs to sort files into directories, remove unnecessary ones and clones.
Who knows, maybe you will be able to catch something “big” or stumble upon information from the “Top secret” section, which will bring a little romance and adventurous notes into your life.


Google Maps is a leader among modern mapping services that provide satellite interactive maps online. At least a leader in the field of satellite imagery and in the number of various additional services and tools (Google Earth, Google Mars, various weather and transport services, one of the most powerful APIs).

In the field of schematic maps, at some point, this leadership “was lost” in favor of Open Street Maps - a unique mapping service in the spirit of Wikipedia, where every volunteer can contribute data to the site.

However, despite this, the popularity of Google Maps remains perhaps one of the highest of all other mapping services. Part of the reason is that Google Maps is where we can find the most detailed satellite photos for the largest regions of any country. Even in Russia such a large and successful company as Yandex cannot surpass the quality and coverage of satellite photographs, at least in its own country.

With Google Maps, anyone can view satellite photos of the Earth for free almost anywhere in the world.

Image quality

Pictures of himself high resolution usually available for the world's largest cities in America, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Asia, Oceania. Currently, high-quality images are available for cities with a population of more than 1 million inhabitants. For smaller cities and other populated areas, satellite imagery is only available in limited resolution.

Possibilities

Google Maps or “Google Maps” was a real discovery for Internet users and indeed all PC users, giving an unheard of and previously unseen opportunity to look at their home, their village, cottage, lake or river where they vacationed in the summer - from a satellite. To see it from above, from a perspective from which it would be impossible to see it under any other circumstances. The discovery, the very idea of ​​giving people easy access to satellite photos, fits harmoniously into Google's overall vision of “easily providing everyone with access to any information on the planet.”

Google Maps allows you to see from a satellite simultaneously those things and objects that cannot be observed at the same time when observed from the ground. Satellite maps differ from regular maps in that they simple maps colors and natural forms of natural objects are distorted by editorial processing for further publication. However, satellite photographs preserve all the naturalness of nature and the objects being photographed, natural colors, shapes of lakes, rivers, fields and forests.

Looking at the map, one can only guess what is there: a forest, a field or a swamp, while on satellite photography it is immediately clear: objects, usually round or oval in shape, with a unique swamp color, are swamps. The light green spots or areas in the photograph are fields, and the dark green ones are forests. With enough experience in orientation in Google Maps, you can even distinguish whether it is a coniferous forest or a mixed forest: coniferous has a browner tint. Also on the map you can distinguish specific broken lines piercing the forests and fields of the vast Russian expanses - these are railways. Only by looking from a satellite can you understand that railways are much larger highways influence the natural landscape around them. Also in Google Maps, it is possible to overlay maps with the names of regions, roads, settlements on a national scale and the names of streets, house numbers, metro stations on a city scale on a satellite image of an area or city.

Map mode and satellite view mode

In addition to satellite images, it is possible to switch to the “map” mode, in which it is possible to view any territory on the surface of the Earth and study in detail the layout and location of houses of any more or less large city. In the "map" mode it is especially convenient to plan your movements around the city if you have already seen enough satellite views of your city.

The search function by house number will easily point you to the right house giving the opportunity to “look around” the area around this house and how you can drive/approach it. To search for the required object, just type in Russian in the search bar a query like: “City, street, house number” and the site will display to you the location of the object you are looking for using a special marker.

How to use Google Maps

To begin, open some place.

To move around the map, left-click on the map and drag it in any order. To return to the original position, press the centering button located between the four direction buttons.

To enlarge the map, click on the button "+" or roll the mouse roller when the cursor is over the map. You can also enlarge the map double click mouse in the location you are interested in.

To switch between satellite, mixed (hybrid) and map views, use the corresponding buttons on the right top corner cards: Map / Satellite / Hybrid.

The surface of the Earth can now be constantly monitored. In addition, access to viewing satellite images is available. Among the many applications for such actions, Google Earth online in real time is the most popular in Russia.

Yandex maps can be named as the main competitor. Their developers are Russians, due to which Russian cities are designed with the greatest precision. Thanks to the available functions, you can view the level of Internet congestion for large populated areas, as well as numerous geodata and demographic data. Google provides access to traffic, as well as all information on plots of land only in the United States.

Online view of the Earth from satellite

Google Earth online from a satellite in real time is displayed on the manufacturer’s website. For the plugin to work fully and to display all the main elements, it is recommended to use an Internet browser Google Chrome. In some situations, it will be enough to refresh the page so that everything opens correctly.

The main advantage of Google Maps is the presence of a developed application for users, through which they can view satellite images in any direction. This provides an opportunity to move away from the classic browser and simply download the application in advance and use all its features. In addition, it will have much more functions and properties. If desired, you can open the 3D globe in virtual mode.

Main advantages

If you first download Google Earth online, and do not view maps in an Internet browser, clients receive a full range of positive aspects, which include:

  • Taking screenshots of a specific location, as well as recording high-resolution videos.
  • To search for a piece of terrain or a building, simply enter the name or specific coordinates in the search bar.
  • Move between “favorite places”, having previously saved them in the settings.
  • In order to be able to work in the program offline in the future, you should perform preliminary synchronization via the Internet.
  • You can move from object to object using a flight simulator. This option provides more and more convenience for every user.
  • In addition to the earth's surface, you can open access to other bodies in the heavens, such as the Moon or Mars.

This is only a minimal list of advantages purchased by clients of online maps from satellite.

Viewing Modes

As mentioned earlier, Google Maps is accessible not only through the Internet browser, but also through the application. Using the plugin, you can use interactive maps in any web browser. The specified address is embedded in the resource program code. In this case, the entire planet, as well as a specific selected region, can be displayed. In the latter case, you will have to enter the appropriate coordinates.

Control is carried out via keyboard and mouse. In combination with each other, they allow you to zoom in or out, and adjust the cursor while moving. In addition, there are additional icons (“+”, “-”) on the map.

Among the map viewing modes, the following stand out:

  • Landscape from satellite. Here the features of the planet's surface are more interesting.
  • Geographic - in the form of a diagram that allows you to study incoming images in more detail.
  • Physical – display of streets with names, cities.

The main requirement for stable operation and instant loading of maps is a high-speed Internet connection. You can also use offline mode, but even here you will initially have to use the Internet to download.

A satellite map of the world allows you to quickly navigate across the planet between any settlements. Detailed map world from satellite in Russian:


Explore the schematic map or switch to the satellite world map in the lower left corner of the map. Schematic map of the world is a map of countries and cities with street names and house numbers in Russian. The schematic map of the world shows attractions and tourist sites, the location of train stations, shops, restaurants and shopping centers, and a map of city roads. Satellite world map will allow you to view satellite photographs of the city thanks to images from the Google Maps service.

You can zoom in on the online map, scaling it to streets and house numbers. To change the scale, use the “+” (zoom in) and “-” (zoom out) icons located in the lower right corner of the map. You can also zoom in or out on the map using the mouse wheel. The left mouse button zooms in on the map, the right mouse button zooms out. You can use the mouse to move the interactive map in all directions by using the left mouse button to grab any place on the map.

Interactive world map online is a very convenient and modern guide for exploring the city, its districts and attractions, hotels, places of recreation and entertainment. Online map world can become an indispensable assistant for you in independent travel. Interactive map provided by Google Maps.

How satellite maps of the world are created:

The satellite, passing over the planet, scans the earth's surface and, using software maps are drawn up. More recently, a few years ago, satellite maps showed the surface of the planet from a height of several kilometers. Now technologies make it possible to make satellite maps from a height of several meters, and in the near future technologies will make it possible to create satellite maps with detail up to 30 centimeters.

What to see on the world map from satellite:

First of all, people look on the map for their country, their hometown, the street and the house in which they live. To do this, you can zoom in on the schematic map of the world to your city, and then turn on the “Satellite” mode in the lower left corner of the map. In exactly the same way, you can travel around all countries of the world online, exploring the sights of countries and cities in real time. Popular places that are often searched for on a satellite map: Reichstag in Berlin (Germany), Acropolis of Athens in Greece, Egyptian pyramids, Italy - the Colosseum in Rome (Ancient Roman arena of gladiator fights, Peterhof in Russia (west of St. Petersburg), the Statue of Liberty in the USA - a symbol of America, the Eiffel Tower in Paris (France), the Great Wall of China.