QUICK ANSWER. To see elevation in Google Maps: Select Layers and choose Terrain from the pop-up menu.; Zoom in to see contour lines, and you'll see markings with elevation beside them. KEY SECTIONS ...

Google continues to improve upon its Google Maps; earlier this week it announced that Googlers were mapping the Grand Canyon with backpack-mounted cameras, and now the company has added layers to ...

Whether you're planning you next hike or wondering how hilly your next road trip will be, you can find elevations in Google ...

New Terrain and Imagery in Google Earth/Maps – July 27th. August 3, 2007. ... For example: Digital Earth Blog, Google Maps Mania, GoogleSightSeeing, and TheMapRoom – just to name a few).

Google Maps now has Terrain View, which enables users to see terrain maps for an area. Terrain view shows the 3D elevation of natural geographic features, such as mountains and canyons. Topographic ...

New terrain shading and labels in Google Maps highlight forests, deserts, and mountain ranges around the world. Google Maps, now with better terrain shading (old version on top).

Google started offering an optional ‘terrain’ layer for Google Maps in 2008, but with today’s update, seeing terrain has now become the default. It’s worth noting, though, that the old ...

If you load up Google Maps, you may notice that they have removed the “Hybrid” button and replaced it with “Terrain.” Here is a live frame of the Google Terrain view of New York City 10010.

There’s one feature in the new Maps 8.1 that totally makes it worth the update, if you frequently spend time outdoors, that is – yes, terrain view is back in Google Maps.

If you ever get bored of Google Earth’s 3D imagery, then a fun thing to try is changing the ‘terrain exaggeration’. It is a setting found in Tools->Options->3D View->Terrain (PC) or Google ...

While satellite and map view can get you down to 20 feet, with terrain view you're limited to 1000 feet. In addition to terrain view, Google has also updated its My Maps service to allow several ...

Google freshened up the imagery inside Maps today, adding new visual information to convey terrain, vegetation, and natural land formations. Color shading now shows vegetation more clearly, and ...