Google Maps Hybrid Mode

Google Maps has introduced a so-called hybrid mode that overlays a street grid, names and route numbers on the satellite/aerial imagery. I have to confess that I’m awfully impressed by this; it really renders moot the question of switching between maps and photos, or creating a transparency between the two. (Google Blog)

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 at 7:50 PM
Categories: Online Maps, Satellite & Aerial

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I disagree(-ish). Seems to me that once a map has a reasonable amount of different types of data, it ought to be in laters, each of which can be turned on or off.

What happens when Google adds a new type of info? Then they’ll create three more map views, to get all the combinations?

Michael Fagan | 07/23/2005 at 4:58 PM | #

In principle I’d agree, but in this case I think the hybrid mode is useful & interesting. Satellite suggests how the land is used, information that’s often hard to guess from the vector data.

I wish they’d complete or fix the hybrid mode for Japan, because only high-level vector data is provided in hybrid mode now.

Ben Taylor | 07/24/2005 at 6:12 PM | #

I have used this and can say that some of their images are not as good as terraserver’s. I use aerials on a regular basis for cad backgrounds and Google usually doens’t have the magnification that I need. .60m is usually what I try to get and in GE the larger metropolitan areas seem to be the only ones that have good imagery (close-up).

Kris | 07/26/2005 at 10:10 AM | #

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