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Exploring the World from Above: Top Satellite Mapping Services for Web & Mobile in 2025

Google Earth offers imagery from global 15 m resolution down to sub-meter detail (30–50 cm) in many urban areas, plus 3D buildings and terrain across hundreds of cities, accessible on web, iOS/Android, and Google Earth Pro desktop. Imagery updates on Google Earth are rolling, with urban areas refreshed roughly every 1–3 years, rural areas 5+ years, major disasters updating within days, and new imagery patches released about twice a month. Google Earth Pro provides a historical imagery slider that lets users go back in time to view satellite and aerial photos dating back to the 1930s in some locations. Google

20 June 2025

Live Satellite Images and Real-Time Maps: Top Platforms for Web & Mobile

NOAA Earth in Real-Time offers an interactive, real-time global weather map with live imagery from GOES geostationary satellites, updated continuously and accessible free via nesdis.noaa.gov. NASA Worldview provides more than 1,000 global image layers (MODIS, VIIRS, Sentinel-2, etc.) with many layers updated within three hours of observation, plus animation, date comparison, and data download, all in a free web app. Zoom Earth aggregates imagery from NOAA GOES-East/West, EUMETSAT Meteosat, JMA Himawari, and NASA Terra/Aqua MODIS, updating as frequently as every 10–15 minutes and offering a free web and mobile app service. Google Earth provides high-resolution imagery from Landsat-8 and aerial

20 June 2025

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