Google Maps Satellite!
“Google maps”:http://maps.google.com now has satellite views of the world. Higher-res in urban areas, it’s still pretty neat.
“Here”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=half+moon+bay,ca&ll=37.524791,-122.516162&spn=0.014291,0.018561&t=k&hl=en is one of my favorite places to go tidepooling, for example. Neat!
Update: Looks like their satellite data is of varying quality, and shows up some flaws in their maps! “Here”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=950+25+road,81506&t=k&hl=en is a satellite view that shows I 1/2 Road stopping at 25 Road, but the “map”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=950+25+road,81506&spn=0.012726,0.017659&hl=en shows it continuing East of there (the satellite view is correct). I guess MapQuest et al have some time to catch up, after all.