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September 21, 2023
Added the new the lookupVideoMetadata method that returns metadata associated with a given video. The metadata in the response body lets you determine the freshness of the imagery, length of the video, and also provides a free workflow for confirming the existence of videos.
August 08, 2023
Aerial View API
Announcing the General Availability (GA) release of the Aerial View API. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all other releases.
If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process.
This release changes the endpoint URL for Aerial View API calls to use /v1 instead of /v1beta, and renames the getVideo endpoint.
The previous endpoints were in the form:
getVideo: https://aerialview.googleapis.com/v1beta/videos
renderVideo: https://aerialview.googleapis.com/v1beta/videos:renderVideo
The new endpoints are in the form:
lookupVideo: https://aerialview.googleapis.com/v1/videos:lookupVideo
renderVideo: https://aerialview.googleapis.com/v1/videos:renderVideo
For information on migrating your apps, see Migrate from the Preview release.
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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