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I have not yet reached the point of where this feels as useful as Google maps, but the “Bird’s Eye View” is amazing.

Google started the lively battle of the internet maps less than a year ago and their interactive maps (which kicked the snot out of Yahoo!’s maps) have done some amazing things for us. They added satellite images and then made the hybrid combination. This has been interesting, but aerial photography lust does better.

I used to live in a county that had property apparaiser information linked into aerial photography of the area. It was great for seeing details of what was around, but this is much better.
Check out this aerial view of the building where I work:
to watch out for.

This item can also be seen in the OSMinistry Forum here: Windows Live Local