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Google Offers Hybrid Satellite and Map View

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. endless praise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    google maps makes my pussy hurt so good.

  2. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i'm gay, thanks mate

  3. The story of User - IE & Google Maps by WindozeSux · · Score: -1, Troll

    User:Ok this new map feature I heard about sounds cool. *clicks the blue 'e'* User: Ok and w w w dot google dot com *clicks go* User: Hmm...Oh there it is *click* User: I think I'll see my hometown *types in home town name and stuff* *clicks go* User: Loading...almost there...God I hate 56K! IE: *ahummph or the error sound* Internet Explorer has yet again encountered an error. Please tell us at Microsoft even though we don't give crap about what you submit at us. User: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *clippy then appears* Clippy: Hi, it looks like Internet Explorer crashed would like to ()Check for updates ()Sumbit Error Report ()Search the Internet for a solution ()None of the above refer to an internet search engine

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  4. Re:Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I knew it.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.