But, in most instances, this won't be an issue for most. But there will be exceptions: places excluded by the service, or places too newly constructed to have been assumed into Google's systems. So can you view your house on Google Earth? The quick answer is yes, of course. Useful for gleaning house numbers on specific buildings, as and when useful. Then go to the menu (where you see the word 'Aerial') and if that location has a 'Bird's Eye' available, click in it to see your house.

You can navigate between shots using the directional arrows, click-and-drag to get a better view, or hit the '+' symbol to zoom in. Pan to find your house and zoom in as close as you can get. These Street View images are taken from one of the many Google cars that have driven around millions of miles of the world's streets. You can switch back to the Google Maps street view by clicking the Maps icon on the bottom left side of the page. That street will light up blue and, once you release the mouse, you'll then be taken in by another animation taking you to street level.

(Image credit: Google) Knock on the front door?īeyond Google Earth and its 3D-styling, you can use the system much like Google Maps (or, indeed, just use Maps in the first instance) to drag-and-drop the little orange person from the right corner of the screen onto an available street.

Live street view of my house