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Last time I used it, Google Earth provided a 3D view of the Moon and of Mars.

It's too bad they haven't updated this to act like the modern version of Google Maps. It's like going back in time to the old HTML version.

Also, zero road data or local shops. It's like Apple Maps outside the Bay Area...

That's because you aren't using the maps version: https://www.google.com/maps/space/moon/

Oh thank goodness.

The UI in that link looks really old. If you want the more modern, 3D view, I'd recommend going to maps.google.com, switching to satellite view, and zooming out.

https://www.google.com/moon/

Tangentially, I recently was using Google Earth, and zoomed all the way out so that the background stars, Milky Way, etc could be seen. Anyone know how accurate that scaling is of the background relative to Earth is? What caught my eye was the scale of Orion.

You can explore many planets and moons on Google maps: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/google-...