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A couple of months ago, Google Maps on the Chrome browser lost the "Earth" view mode. I can no longer get the 3D view or zoom out to see the real time cloud cover. All it has is the 'satellite' view. At first I thought this was a bug they would eventually fix, but nothing so far.
Google maps on Firefox still has the earth view feature for some reason.
P a u l
Posted 2016-10-25T01:22:51.323
Reputation: 1 245
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It is still there, but you have to ensure that "Hardware Acceleration" is Enabled inside Chrome settings:
chrome://settings
Then, restart chrome and you should now have the "Earth" option
Mike Diglio
Posted 2016-10-25T01:22:51.323
Reputation: 1 035
Didn't work. It was already set .. I unset it and reset, no difference. – P a u l – 2016-10-25T05:02:57.430
@Paul is Chrome up-to-date? If I remove the option, "Earth" feature is removed and replaced by Satellite." Do you have WebGL enabled inside of chrome://flags ? Have you tried reinstalling chrome? – Mike Diglio – 2016-10-25T14:17:17.030
I enabled webgl, no difference. I'm using Version 52.0.2743.82 m (64-bit). Like I said, this started after an update a few months ago. It had been working for years! Another bug started at that time, my start page on opening chrome, google adv. search, loads as only dark rectangles? I have to go to another site, not google, and then back to the start page to load it correctly. The google forums have been useless on this issue. – P a u l – 2016-10-25T19:10:24.177
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The problem seems to be tied to WebGL being disabled in Chrome ... the graphics card may be "blacklisted". Try this:
chrome://flagsWorked for me...hope it helps.
Derek Reid
Posted 2016-10-25T01:22:51.323
Reputation: 21
+1, Hardware acceleration was already enabled, this is the solution that worked for me. – Kevin Wiskia – 2018-02-02T17:41:43.213
Did not suffice in my case. This worked finally : http://maps.google.com/?force=clear
– peterd – 2018-12-10T04:26:02.1831
I have the same problem. Window 10, Chrome 55, Intel HD4000/Radeon HD7600M. No earth mode in Google Map only Satelite when I open from Chreom (and Opera) but no problem at all when I open from Firefox, MS Edge or even oldie IE. It's very weird because when I boot from another partition (on my old HDD) with the same drivers and softwares, it works fine . I tried all suggestions but still doesn't work.
Just minute ago I found this suggestion and it solved my problem. Just enable "Override software rendering list" in Chrome.
https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/maps/I8snLYto720/R1DLH-T5BwAJ
Jareon C
Posted 2016-10-25T01:22:51.323
Reputation: 21
Earth view with 3D is working again with newer version of Chrome. (Version 55.0.2883.87 m (64-bit)) – P a u l – 2017-01-16T21:17:41.607
Earth mode is now here in case you are searching for it.
– Michael S. – 2017-12-21T06:33:57.393This is off-topic for [su] as it is referring to the web app, Google Maps. – Burgi – 2017-12-21T09:02:53.843
I am missing the 3000 points to vote for migrate. Maybe at a later point in time. – Michael S. – 2017-12-21T10:33:09.117
Why is this tagged
[google-earth]? The question appears to only be about Google Maps? – I say Reinstate Monica – 2017-12-24T17:56:56.203