Google Earth: How to enable 3D buildings - all info

The three-dimensional representation of landscapes and cities offers the highest realism, but requires high technical effort. Read how you can see 3D buildings in Google Earth.

Photorealistic: 3D buildings provide a lifelike cityscape in Google Earth.

Google Earth offers many interesting additional features, for example the course of the sun. 3D buildings give the virtual city check a true-to-life image.

Google Earth: Disable 3D buildings - that's why it's advisable

The right place to enable 3D buildings in Google Earth is quickly found:

1. Open "Map Style" in the main menu of Google Earth.
2. There you will see under "Layers" the item "Enable 3D Buildings".

As you will also learn at this point, it can be useful to occasionally disable the option, and then turn it on again. The reason: the 3D buildings are regularly updated and in this way Google Earth reloads the data.If the function is enabled, you just need to zoom in far enough - all buildings of which 3D models have already been implemented, you will then see in the corresponding view.