4/5/2005

Google Maps, Now With Satellite Imagery

Sections: Software — Posted @ 9:57 am by Chris

Google Maps is still in “Beta” but already is much nicer than its competitors, Mapquest and Mappoint. Today, they took online maps one step farther by adding satellite images to complement the road maps. For example, click on the following link for a satellite view of the BestBuy store in Bakersfield (It’s the brownish building next to the bright white one).

BestBuy Satellite Photo

You can zoom in and out of the maps in real-time, click and drag to scroll around the map, and click the link on the upper right hand side to switch back to street maps.

I really hope that Google continues its policy of providing free APIs to access its data with regards to these maps. I would love to create a mapping program for Linux using their data. Either way, the general public can access Google’s amazing mapping software now for free!

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