Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth (ExtremeTech)

16 Part I — Basics

The zoom levels, starting from the bottom of the slider (and through increasing levels of

zoom), are as follows:

5,000 miles/10,000 kilometers

2,000 miles/5,000 kilometers

2,000 miles/2,000 kilometers

1,000 miles/1,000 kilometers

500 miles/500 kilometers

200 miles/200 kilometers

100 miles/200 kilometers

50 miles/100 kilometers

20 miles/50 kilometers

10 miles/20 kilometers

5 miles/10 kilometers

2 miles/5 kilometers

2 miles/2 kilometers

1 mile/1 kilometer

2,000 feet/500 meters

1,000 feet/200 meters

500 feet/200 meters

200 feet/100 meters

To compare the differences between different zoom levels, check out some maps with progres-

sively closer views of the National Maritime Museum in London:

At 5,000 miles, the lowest zoom level (Figure 2-2), you see the entire world map many

times over. The red icon marks the site of the museum.