To round out recent Google Maps-related news, Maplandia, a “Google Maps World Gazetteer,” is quite impressive:
Maplandia.com provides the searchable world gazetteer based on Google Maps, the most comprehensive online satellite imagery ever available. More than 2 000 000 places all over the world are divided into many geographical categories according to continents, countries and administrative regions. Coloured region contours, direct Google Earth links and other no elsewhere to find features make exploring the world easy as never before.
Definitely worth a long visit…
