Now and then: How Google helps track developments across Kent Published: 06:00, 10 December 2020 The changing face of our towns and cities over the years often happens so gradually that it's easy to forget how things looked before the latest development emerged on the scene. But Google Maps allows for a fascinating glimpse back through time at a hot of some of the county's key changes. Maidstone High Street - a fair few years before the first Google Maps car started taking snaps By clicking on 'street view' you can see how areas have changed over the last 11 years. It may not be a huge span of time, but you may be surprised at how much changes during it.