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Google Maps is bringing new ‘time travel’ feature to your phone with special list of top ten areas

GOOGLE has plans to launch a new 'time travel' feature for its Street View application.

To celebrate its 15th birthday, Google's Street View is allowing users to travel back in time via a new tool.

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A new Google tool will let users explore an area over the yearsCredit: Google
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Users can also , virtually visit , or check out . 

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Rounding on the list is world-famous attractions like the , , the , and

What is Street View?

Google Street View is a revolutionary technology utilized in Google Maps and Google Earth that lets users interact with many streets around the globe.

In fact, over the last 15 years, Street View cars have traveled over 10 million miles around more than 100 countries and territories.

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Throughout their travels, the fleet of cars has collected more than 220 billion images, making it possible for us to use Street View.

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This new update comes just weeks after a similar 'timelapse' tool was released for Google Earth.

The clever timelapse feature lets users see how neighborhoods have changed over the last 37 years.

Googler sourced more than 24 million satellite photos taken over four decades for the tool.

This feature aims to show "not just problems but also solutions," per a Google .

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