Aerial View API release notes

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This page is updated with each product release. The changelog lists releases by date and includes any new features, bug fixes and significant performance improvements. You can also browse and filter all release notes for all products in the Google API Console.

See the Getting Started documentation for information on how to get started using the Aerial View API.

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.