Looking back to the time when I first got to know Google Earth . With a desire to explore the planet, I set out on a global journey by rotating a 3D virtual globe to view high-resolution satellite images. It was mind-blowing as I realized how Google Earth allows users to move across the geographical boundaries between different regions of the world with a swipe of their fingers on the screen. In 2016, Google Earth has exceeded my expectation again with a story of a five-year-old boy who found his way home by searching through Google Earth for three years. With an insight into the functions of Google Earth used while searching for his lost family, I came to the realization that Google Earth is not just a geographical information program. Instead, it is an invention that could change the world. A LONG WAY HOME WITH GOOGLE EARTH In 1986, five-year-old Saroo Brierley woke up on a moving train after getting lost with his brother in a train station in India. ...