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Google Offers Hybrid Satellite and Map View

Posted by Zonk on from the best-of-both-worlds dept.

That's Unpossible! writes "Google Maps now offers a hybrid view which combines their map view with their satellite view. The Google blog has a notice on the update. It appears to use 8-bit alpha transparent PNGs to make it work."

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  1. This'll come in handy... by The+I+Shing · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is certainly bad news for all those girls I've been stalking.

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  2. Re:I wonder ... by dariuscardren · · Score: 4, Funny

    Earthsized?

  3. Poor Guy... by Ghoser777 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ouch, you must be on dial-up. My condolences. Maybe you can write google and see if they can do an ascii version to speed up the downloads.

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