Google Maps was great when it offered nothing but those gorgeous maps. Then it
integrated satellite imagery from Google Earth (which, at that time, was
Keyhole). Now Google has mashed
the two together with an optional Hybrid view which overlays street names and landmark names (parks and sports
arenas, for example, as shown in this screen shot) onto satellit images. Why not? This capability has been available in
the Keyhole/Google Earth products for a long time. Concidentally, but perhaps not by accident, this feature was added
one business day before Microsoft released its beta
launch of MSN Virtual Earth, which provides exactly the same overlay.
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