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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. Not the newest map I see... by guardiangod · · Score: 0, Troll

    When I looked at the new google maps I noticed that some of the streets near my house are not indexed. When I compare it to yahoo map, however, the roads are present.

    I guess google map is not as new as we thought.

  2. Re:You're right, I just noticed too. by drsquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe because Google maps is slow as hell and very ugly. We don't all want to wait twenty minutes for a map to download, and we're not all drooling Google fanboys, some of us actually like to get things done.