New “Terrain” mode in Google Maps

Google Maps Terrain modeGoogle Maps has just added a very nice new feature - terrain view.   This isn’t satellite images, but rather it is map-ish terrain views.  It’s very pleasing to the eye.

To make room for this new feature, the “hybrid” button has been removed and you now are given a “Show labels” checkbox when viewing in Satellite mode.

For more information, check out the official post on the Google LatLong blog.

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Continue reading » · Written on: 11-27-07 · 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “New “Terrain” mode in Google Maps”

  1. atomek wrote:

    its not ‘news’ any more since i read that in the morning and i’ve seen that topic appear about 20 times on different blogs today.

     November 27th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
  2. Google adds contour lines to their Terrain Maps | Digital Earth Blog wrote:

    [...] last year, Google introduced terrain maps, which were 3D-looking maps of the earth — kind of a cross between flat maps and satellite [...]

     April 3rd, 2008 at 2:14 am

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