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Google Satellite Maps!

A while back Google released Google Maps, which provided a great way to visually see addresses, locations and to get directions within the US.

Today I came across the Satellite feature of Google Maps, which was released just at the beginning of the month. It integrates satellite imagery from Keyhole into Google Maps, and is awesome! There's so much detail and navigation is amazingly fast and easy to use (use the slider or just click on the map and drag!)

Here's some examples of some of my favourite places in the US:

• Miami, downtown, South Beach (art deco district)
• Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas
• New York City (Statue of Liberty)
• Boston
• San Fransisco (Golden Gate Bridge)
• Hawaii, Honolulu (Diamond Head)

Also check out Google Sightseeing, which is a blog dedicated to showing pictures of various sights via Google satellite maps.

Posted by crafterm at April 10, 2005 02:04 PM | TrackBack