Google Maps Street View is a go-to for Britons looking for a way to plan their travel route. As the Google cameras trek across the country, and indeed the world, capturing images of streets and scenescapes, they often snap passers-by in the process. Yet it has now transpired the team tracks history, too. With certain geographical and historical locations, remains can clearly be seen in the Street View images courtesy of the markings on the concrete or grassy terrain.
Even those hidden regions of time gone by can now be tracked on the website.
Google Maps Street View recently revealed what it termed the “ghost town” of Tyneham, in Dorset.
Those logging onto the website can clear see a pin dropped onto the location, surrounded by lush green fields.
The tiny village, described as a “ghost village and former civil parish” on the website, was evacuated in 1943, four years after the start of the Second World War.
The 225 inhabitants are said to have been given just a months notice before they were required to leave.
After the war the Government retained the land yet Google Maps cameras, tracking the area subsequently, captured what was there before.
The remains of the post office and school are open to the public as well as the church, all of which feature as shadowed buildings on the imagery.
When Google users click the person icon to take a closer look, scenes of Tyneham’s residents strolling around can be seen.
Meanwhile, in a completely separate Google Maps find, coordinates showing the exact location of the Titanic have come to light, ahead of the anniversary of the White Star Line’s cruise ship disaster in 1912.
History lovers are guaranteed to be interested in taking a look at the vessel’s final resting place.
The Titanic sunk after colliding with an iceberg on her route from Southampton to New York, in 1912.
More than 1,500 passengers lost their lives during what is the seventh largest maritime disaster in history.
The Google cameras have pinpointed the remains at coordinates 41.7325° N, 49.9469° W.
For those looking at the scenes, the wreckage can be seen south of the island of Newfoundland.
It is also close to Nova Scotia, Maine and Vermont off the Northumberland Straight.
The Google Maps images show how, heartbreakingly, the liner came very close to its destination of New York City.
