How long does it take you to find your house on Google Earth?

[W3H5]

In old Google Maps, about 20 seconds. In new Google Maps, somewhere between fifteen hours and the eventual heat death of the universe.

New Maps (mobile/ pc browser) are pants. I've been defaulting the app on my phone back to factory Maps (2012 version) every time it tries to update.

 

[AlvaroF]

30 seconds, maybe less. Fairly easy.

 

[MatskiMonk]

I think I could do it in less than 30 seconds (the UK isn't that big).. except I can't figure out how to turn off the place names, so If I try I'll be cheating!

 

[The Bman]

40 seconds. There was some lag so I probably would have been able to find it a few seconds earlier.

 

[MatskiMonk]

Managed to go back to old google maps, and did it in just under a minute..

 

[Sage Ages]

20 seconds. I live only a few miles away from NYC.

 

[turbolefty78]

Not very long, like maybe 10 seconds. I just keep double clicking on the area that I know is my location until I zoom in on my house. Easy
I could see it taking a while if you have a poor internet connection, or a bucky one. But since I have high speed broadband cable, I zoom right in on my place.
How about prior dwellings? Are people able to locate those as easily? I have troubles with the ones in big cities like Mpls. I used to live downtown there and it's more difficult to spot the exact building amidst all the skyscrapers. NY city must be a real pain.

 

[W3H5]

How about prior dwellings? Are people able to locate those as easily?

Probably every dwelling I've had in the last 10 years could be done each in around 30 seconds, depending on the internet speed. That's probably around 12-14 locations.

I guess it isn't really fair for me to say I can do this so easily because I'm kind of cheating. Everywhere I go I have to know the geographical location on a map. I don't like going to or being in a place without knowing which street, town, city and part of the world it is in. It's a habit of mine.

Right now, without looking at anything resembling a map, I can tell you that I'm approx 11km directly north of CM city on the highway 1001 (Sansai district). Even with such brief information you'd still be able to find me.

 

[turbolefty78]

Probably every dwelling I've had in the last 10 years could be done each in around 30 seconds, depending on the internet speed. That's probably around 12-14 locations.

I guess it isn't really fair for me to say I can do this so easily because I'm kind of cheating. Everywhere I go I have to know the geographical location on a map. I don't like going to or being in a place without knowing which street, town, city and part of the world it is in. It's a habit of mine.

Right now, without looking at anything resembling a map, I can tell you that I'm approx 11km directly north of CM city on the highway 1001 (Sansai district). Even with such brief information you'd still be able to find me.

I hear ya. I do and have done the same thing. Now-a-days though it's much easier with the addition of digital online maps. But in "the good ol' days", when those folded up paper maps were all that was available, or a road atlas, that would suffice too. At least you could get down to street level if not zoomed in on individual dwellings like now.
Those maps were a bugger to re-fold weren't they? They never quite went back together the way the way they were when new.

 

[GranTurismo916]

About 20 seconds.

 

[Davidies]

If loading times weren't a factor, less than 5 seconds would be my guess. But, Internet speeds are a factor, so probably the same time as Famine.

 

[Ross]

Took me about 30 seconds. I live next to one of the biggest nuclear weapons development sites in the UK, near Greenham Common (a disused US air base) and between 3 major towns (Basingstoke, Newbury and Reading).

 

[TenEightyOne]

I hate the new GoogleMaps with a passion, it's full of wonderful heavy-load features that I just don't want.

I want to know "where is this?", sometimes "where is that?" too. Sometimes I want a bit of info about the route between this-and-that. That's all, Google, that's all.

Grrrrr.

Grumpy of Tunbridge Wells.

 

[NT_03]

1:09.654 for my place back then..

now, with the new one.. 21 minutes..

 

[Liquid]

Uh... 10 seconds? 15 tops.

 

[Rage Racer]

1 minute 54 seconds.