Relief maps have finally come — natively, that is — to Google Maps with the release of its “Terrain” layer (the Hybrid layer moves to a checkbox on the Satellite layer, hiding or revealing street data). As is often the case with Google, they aren’t the first — Ask.com, Virtual Earth and Yahoo have had this for some time now — but according to Catholicgauze, “Google wins because of more detail, better zoom, and downright prettiness.”

This will be perfect for my map of hiking trails in the Canadian Rockies.