Google Earth allows users to get a good, in-depth look at any place on the globe, and this is made possible by the millions of images and footage that the company receives from the partner satellites and on-ground support and contributors who spend hundreds of hours photographing places around the globe in order to give the users the most immersive experience.
The Google Earth app, which started off as a browser application, has now got a PC version and a smartphone version as well, which makes it accessible to absolutely anyone who loves exploring and seeing new places, but is not able to go there in person. What is even better, is that Google has put in so many features in the application, that the net result is that the user gets absolutely all the data required to know his/her favorite places.
Now, if you are browsing through a place, chances are that you may see some of the imagery is a bit blurry or pixelated.This may occur if the selected imagery has not streamed completely, or if Google themselves don’t have the best resolution imagery for that area. However, there are some solutions that you can still try out to see if the blurriness or pixelation is solved.
So, without further ado, let’s get started –
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Make sure you are not causing the lag
Yes, you read correctly. Usually, the reason the imagery is blurry or pixelated is because you have too much running on the application. So, the first thing you want to do is to turn off the layers that you do not need. These layers will be available in the ‘Places’ window.
Clear your cache
The next thing you can try is to clear the cache for the Google Earth application.
Step 1. Open the Google Earth application on your PC.
Step 2. From the top menu bar, click on the ‘Google Earth Pro’ button.
Step 3. Scroll through the drop down menu and click on the ‘Preferences’ option.
Step 4. In the preferences window, click on the ‘Cache’ tab.
Step 5. You can now click the ‘Clear Disk Cache’ to start the process.
Turn off anisotropic filtering
Step 1. Open the Google Earth application on your PC.
Step 2. From the top menu bar, click on the ‘Google Earth Pro’ button.
Step 3. Scroll through the drop down menu and click on the ‘Preferences’ option.
Step 4. In the preferences window, click on the ‘3D View’ tab.
Step 5. Click on the ‘Off’ toggle under the Anisotropic Filtering window.
Hopefully, one of these work-arounds have helped solve the blurriness or pixelation problems that you may be facing on the application. Go ahead, enjoy exploring the world, from the comfort of your home.
