Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Google Maps Aerial View (Not Satellite view)

One of two things: Either I am out of the loop, or this is brand new. I'm starting to think it is the latter, as I have done multiple searches for "Google Maps Aerial View" and found nothing. (I can't even find an official Google source for it.)

So what's the story? Well, I just happened to come across certain areas where Google has taken a page from Bing's "Bird's Eye" view. So far, I have found two areas in California:

San Jose --> Oakland --> Berkeley --> Richmond

Chula Vista --> San Diego --> UCSD --> Del Mar

In these areas, you can switch to an Aerial view, giving you a new view angle with higher quality pics. Embedding doesn't seem to work yet, so go to the following links and look for the Aerial button in the upper right corner:

UC Berkeley Campus

Petco Park, Downtown San Diego

Anyone else know about this yet? Any other areas out there have this?

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