This is my usual reminder that Google Earth for desktop is still available and is still wildly superior in terms of features and performance to the web version.

This is my usual reminder that Google Earth for desktop is still available and is still wildly superior in terms of features and performance to the web version. https://www.google.com/earth/versions/ https://www.google.com/earth/versions/ (scroll to the bottom, select 'download earth pro on desktop') Edit: Though to be fair, I just checked out the web version and it does appear to be much better than it was when it was first released. It does now appear that they're actually trying to re-implement most of the features of the desktop app on the web. The lack of historical imagery and the replacement of the 'layers' model with a couple of 'map style' options are the most glaring omissions.