There was a point where you could choose from which time to view the data. Very useful feature. Might even still be in there somewhere if you find the right chicken to sacrifice to make it appear.
Google sure spends an incredible amount of money making their UIs worse (and usually increasing memory use by a large multiplier at the same time).
>Google sure spends an incredible amount of money making their UIs worse (and usually increasing memory use by a large multiplier at the same time).
Isn't everyone doing this these days? All the UIs on PC software have been getting worse since the mid-2000s.
edit: Actually, the "earth" layer of Google Maps is identical to Google Earth. What's more up-to-date is the "satellite" layer which I only see offered in the mobile apps.