Google Maps is such a comprehensive tool that you probably haven’t discovered everything you can do with it yet. For example, many people don’t know this Google Maps has an aerial view mode that lets you record video as if you were using a drone. It is a very useful function for your projects where you want to showcase a place in an original and spectacular way.
And the best thing is this It won’t even take you 5 minutes to create a drone-like aerial video on Google Maps. We will immediately explain how to do it and you will see that it is very easy. You will only need a computer and Chrome browser.
Make a drone-like aerial video with Google Maps in just 5 steps
Before we begin, let’s clarify that the Google Maps tool we will use for this tutorial is Earth Studio, which It is not compatible with mobile phones and only works in the Google Chrome browser. If you have what it takes to make drone-style aerial videos with Google Maps, follow these steps:
- Open Google Earth Studio and Google Chrome.
- Tap the arrow (▼) next to “Blank Project” and choose Quick start.
- Select Orbit and press Start.
- Enter the name of the place where you want to make the video, select it and press the next arrow.
- You’ll see a preview of the video and a number of options for edit the aerial shot as you wish.
- In the next step you will have to do this choose the recording rotation speed. More seconds are slower and fewer seconds are faster.
- In the last step, tap Render.
- Finally, make sure to select the option Video (.mp4) and continue To send.
It will take Google a few minutes to do this send you the link to your email to download the video you created. Once received, you will have approximately 10 days to download it. So don’t wait too long and download it so you don’t miss it.
Please note that here we show you the most basic procedure to record a video from a drone with Google Maps. However, You can make more advanced videos with zoom, position changes, etc.. We invite you to try all the options that Earth Studio offers you to make more realistic and creative professional aerial view videos.
For more cool tricks like this, check out this article where we teach you how to see the seabed on Google Earth or this one where you’ll learn how to travel to the past on Google Maps.
