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Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-can't-see-my-house-from-here dept.

Ant writes "BetaNews reports that Google quietly updated its maps service late Monday to include satellite imagery, a first in the industry... Much of Google Maps remains the same - just with detailed pictures from high-tech satellites instead of standard map graphics. Maps can be dragged to view adjacent areas, which means users do not have click and wait for graphics to reload. Zooming is also instantaneous with the help of a slider placed atop the map." The resolution doesn't seem very high, but the integration is very seamless.

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  1. Google peeps through the keyhole by pressesc · · Score: 1, Troll
    This is hardly surprising considering Google's purchase of Keyhole

    Time to invest in tinfoil hat shares.

  2. Warning: possible homersexual by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Troll

    No Canadian addresses and the map lacks the REST OF THE WORLD...

    Lame...

    Tom

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    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  3. Re:Comeon, 1 meter per pixel.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well Mr. Satellite asshole, did it occur to you that these maps are for driving directions and to just see a place? They aren't meant for you to download and play GIS wizard. Go pay for your super maps elsewhere.