Earth Day may have just passed, but the Google Earth team loves it too much to let it go. So we've found our own special way to celebrate Earth Day (a little late) by making an announcement that we've been working toward for a long time: Earth view in Google Maps . When we first launched Google Earth back in 2005 , it revolutionized the world of digital mapping. In the years since, Earth has been getting faster and lighter while adding large amounts of imagery,