How to Get Photos from Google Maps
Using Chrome
Go to https://maps.google.com/ using the Chrome browser. This guide is specific to Google Chrome desktop version, so you need to use this browser to download images from Google Maps. You cannot use the app or the mobile site.
Find the destination. You'll see a search bar in the top left corner of the page. You need to search for a destination to find photos related to that place.
Click All under "Photos". You'll probably see "Latest" (Latest) or "Street View & 360" here; Click one of the options to open the photo library.
Right click in the left pane of the page. If you right click on the right part of the page, the screen will not show the selection menu.
Click Inspect . This is the option at the bottom of the menu.
You can also press Ctrl(Windows)/Cmd(Mac)+Shift+I to open the inspection pane.
Click Sources . You'll see this card above the code area next to Elements, Console, and Network.
Click the button next to "Ih5.googleusercontent.com." This is the option next to the cloud, and the content of the location immediately appears.
Click the button next to "p." The location's only folder is "p", so you can just click it to open it.
Find images. Click on the files to view photos related to the location on Google Maps. You will see a preview of the image to the right of the selected file.
Right-click the image and select Save… . After selecting the file, you can right-click on the image, and a pop-up menu will appear where the cursor is located. Click Save below the menu, and the image will display in a new window.
Right-click the image again and select Save image as . The file manager window opens immediately (Finder on Mac; File Explorer on Windows).
Name and select the folder where you want to save the file, and then click OK or Save.
Using Snip & Sketch on Windows
Go to https://maps.google.com/ with a browser. You can use any browser to get images from Google Maps using the screen capture tool.
Search destination. You'll see a search bar in the top left corner of the page. You need to search for a destination to find photos related to that place.
Click All under "Photos". You'll probably see "Latest" (Latest) or "Street View & 360" here; Click one of the options to open the photo library.
Select a photo in the left pane. When you click on the image in the left pane, the image is displayed at a larger size in the right part of the screen.
Open Snip & Sketch. You can click the Start menu icon (or press the Windows key), then type "snip & sketch" to find and open the application.
Make sure the Google Maps window is open right before you open this app as the new screenshot will focus on that window. You cannot change the browser window after the next step.
Click New . The Snip & Sketch window immediately becomes the menu bar displayed at the top of the screen and you will see the browser window.
Click the rectangle icon. If you place your cursor over the icons, you will immediately see an explanation for each choice.
The last two icons are used to instantly take a screenshot of the current or full screen.
Click on the part of the screen you want to capture, and then drag and drop the mouse to select the entire image. You will see the selected area (the photo that you want to screenshot) highlighted.
After releasing the mouse, you immediately see a preview of the selected area in the Snip & Sketch window. If you don't like it, you can try again by clicking New and repeating the previous steps.
Click the floppy disk icon. You can also press Ctrl + S to save the image. The File Explorer window immediately opens so you can name and choose the folder to save the file.
By default, the file will be saved in .png format. If you want to change the file type, click the drop-down list next to "Save as type" and choose .jpg or .gif.
Click Save to save the file.
Using Mac
Go to https://maps.google.com/ in any browser. You can use any browser to save photos from Google Maps by taking screenshots with keyboard shortcuts.
Find the destination. You'll see a search bar in the top left corner of the page. You need to search for a destination to find photos related to that place.
Click All under "Photos". You'll probably see "Latest" (Latest) or "Street View & 360" here; Click one of the options to open the photo library.
Select a photo in the left pane. When you click on the image in the left pane, the image is displayed at a larger size in the right part of the screen.
Press ⇧ Shift+⌘ Cmd+4. This is a key combination that tells the computer to capture part of the screen. The pointer will look like a cross for you to select the area of the screen to capture by dragging and dropping the mouse.
You can also use Shift + Cmd + 3 to capture the entire screen; Shift + Cmd + 4 + spacebar will capture the full screen when you click it.
The screenshots are saved on the main screen of the computer.
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