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Google Maps: Hybrid out, Terrain in. Sort of.

by Justin Glow (RSS feed) on Nov 27th 2007 at 5:41PM

Google quietly replaced the hybrid, satellite-and-road layer on their Maps application in favor of a terrain-only view of the world. At first glance, I was confused because the ability to look at the satellite view while still being able to see road names was handy, but then I noticed that Hybrid wasn't REALLY gone, it was just renamed to Satellite. And satellite now has a checkbox that allows you to turn labels on and off. So just to clear things up, here's what's going on:

Hybrid layer has been renamed Satellite.
Satellite now has a check box that allows you to toggle between Satellite-only and Hybrid.
Terrain is in.

But Terrain isn't just just mountains and valleys. If you zoom in on a major city (take NYC for instance), buildings will be displayed in 3D. Nifty!

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paul Nov 27th 2007 7:43PM

Very interesting idea, though not very useful yet. For instance, you can't zoom in very far in San Francisco yet, which would be helpful for avoiding really steep streets while walking.

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