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mappy[1] have these features form years, and google and microsoft don't work for well Europe.... [1] http://www.mappy.com/

This kind of satellite mapping has been available here in France for several cities for more than a year on mappy.com :

http://www.mappy.com/PlanPerso/mx17f/0

Click on the icon named "transparence" on the upper left corner of the map. (Or use the union jack flag if you want the page in english too)

What's amazing is that google did that for the entire US. Talk about time and money here...

[BTW : Now you know where I live in...]

http://www.mappy.com has areal photos for some cities in Europe (e.g. Amsterdam). There's even a transparency-slider.

It doesn't seems too fast to me... i think http://www.mappy.com/ is better. Yes it use Flash, but with vector graphics like a map this is the best choice. (and 98% of us have this 400KB plugin)

Mappy, an originally French service, has very good maps with public transportation and driving directions support. Maps are in flash, so they look smoother than usual.

Their database of local resources is pretty much empty, though, at least for Italy.

It's available in .fr, .co.uk, .it, .es and .nl flavors.

Including dragging the map and being responsive.

http://www.mappy.com

O yes, it's Europe only. Must be why this is spectacular news for our American friends... :)

The French already have that for large cities.
Here an example with Paris. CLick on the map to get a photo