Google Earth has a wealth of diverse sites, can they be listed or searched?

Posted by jimr777 on 04/28/26 10:35 PM

Using Google Earth I have noted many many sites, in Prague for example, that have interest. There must be 100s in such a city. It would be nice to examine a list (if it exists) of sites in a particular city. Has anyone an idea how query Google Earth for a location? Are the sites in a city classified? I imagine they would they have a classification mechanism of some kind: restaurants, museums, groceries etc.

Perhaps I should consider Google maps as a source? But I don't know how to restrain the search to a geographical area and site type (museum)

Ideas are welcome

Posted by joefarnacle

USA

04/28/26 11:21 PM

154 posts

In Google Maps you can for example search for something like “statues in Oviedo Spain”, it will show you a list and their locations on a map. Is this what you are thinking of?

Posted by jimr777 OP

04/29/26 04:22 PM

10 posts

Wow! of course, how simple of me. They have the data and a search including location and topic shows what they have. I was unaware of this type of search vs looking for an address. I found 14 museums in Lille. I wonder how specific one can get?

I just searched for military museums in Lile France - 12 were given. This is many many times better than using a web search engine where the results are a crowd scene of sites driven by a desire for clicks that must be sorted through and the mostly trash results discarded.

I just checked a search in GTP and the results were disappointing. Three were given, one of which is in Paris. I added nearby sites and received 5 items, only one of which was of military interest. a bust.

So a major question now: what is Google Maps classification scheme so one knows what terms/classification are the best to use and what are the geographical parameters. Obviously someone know this.

Posted by Fred

San Francisco

04/30/26 12:44 AM

16138 posts

My suggestion here on Prague applies if you are interested in an esoteric historical site, the Army Military Museum. This is the tank museum, a significant museum on Czech tanks. No small potatoes here since in the inter-war years the Czechs were the biggest armaments producers in Central Europe because of the city of Plzen (Pilsen) and known to be a formidable force of at least 36 divisions.

I don't use Google maps at all, certainly do not rely on them. There are more esoteric history sites outside of Prague if you want to pursue this sort of thing.