Keyhole becomes Freehole
Google has announced that Keyhole, its satallite imagery, will now be incorporated into its maps section.
Until now, users were charged $29.95 to utilize the satellite technology, which displays actual satellite images of a given address. The images used are six to twelve months old, so don’t worry about Big Brother (or your little sister) checking in on you.
Once you pull up the satellite image (which can be done by clicking on the “satellite” link in the upper right hand corner), you can zoom in and out and scroll around in order to see the location’s proximity to the water, railroad tracks, shopping complexes and the like.
While the address pointer on the satellite photo isn’t always necessarily directly on the address (for my house, the pointer was about a block north of where my house actually is), it’s a great way to get visual bearings that aren’t easy to gain on a street map.
This is just one more reason Google is tops in my book.
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