Dear Alemsha G. Bogale,

Google earth images are based on different sensors according to the years. This situation leads to a different georeference processing, which means that images are shifted in some direction, as you noticed.

To correct this error, you could download the two images and then, using the georeferencing tool of QGis, or ArcGIS, move one image to completely match the second one.

actually image location gets shifted due to tectonic plate movement, one can correct image with Georefrencing tool by matching with correct one and tool is available in ARCgis.

Alemsha G. Bogale can you share the coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the location where you observed the shift in Google Earth (GE) Images from 2005 and 2013? You said the location is of a gully? What was the measured shift? Do you expect the gully to remain at the same spot 8 years later? I'm just curious to know whether this is indeed a shift between GE Images or an actual shift in the gully or both? Do you have any permanent spots based on which the image shift was measured?

There are, however, genuine shifts in Google Earth Images as Marco Sozzi pointed out, especially when comparing historical imagery using the time-slider option. Additionally, the model used for Orthorectification is also a reason for the misalignment of multiple images. Refer to the Google Earth Blog Link for more info.

https://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2015/10/google-earth-measurement-image-alignment.html

Thank you. James Varghese the coordinates of the area is (37 P 287888 latitude and 1193464 longtiude). plesea see the difference in 2005 and 2013. the other after 2013 are correct like 2013.

Alemsha G. Bogale, please provide the coordinates in the correct format so that I can locate the gully location on Google Earth. For example, here are the coordinates of southern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia:

Degree Minutes Second format

Latitude: 11°39'24.1"N Longitude: 37°22'07.6"E

Or in Decimal Degrees format

Latitude: 11.656688 Longitude: 37.368767

Alemsha G. Bogale, I hope I got the location correctly based on the incomplete information that you proivded. There is indeed a shift of ~25 meters between 2005 and 2013 Google Earth images.

Sorry, I was sentyou in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) format. Here it is as you tell me.

Degree Minutes Second format

Latitude: 10°47'26.78"N Longitude: 37°3'41.24"E

Or in Decimal Degrees format

Latitude: 10.790773 Longitude: 37.061457

Alemsha G. Bogale No problem, I converted the UTM coordinates that you gave to geographic coorindates by assuming it was in Ethiopia. The coordinates that you provided are near the same location (Check attached image). Yes, there is indeed a ~25 m shift in Google Earth images between 2005 and 2013. So you need to georeference the images for correct alignment as Marco Sozzi suggested.