As Barry at SEL points out, Google has replaced its “hybrid” (satellite and street) maps view with a Terrain button. In urban environments this means more “3D” like building outlines. In rural areas it means actual terrain:
Yosemite National Park:
San Francisco:
Google Maps and Earth effectively are on the same platform, which makes more interesting Earth-like innovations possible on Maps going forward. This is probably just the first of many.
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Here’s the Google Lat Long blog post on the subject. And Google further “wikifies” My Maps with collaborative map creation.
