Nov 28 2007
Google Maps Terrain View
Google Maps now has a “Terrain” view. It’s not extremely useful, as it doesn’t seem particularly detailed, but hey, it’s another fun way to do your mapping.
Here’s the terrain of our fair burgh:
Click the image and look at a larger view on Flickr. Or just go to Google Maps and make your own!
(Found via Ed Bilodeau on Flickr.)
13 Comments on “Google Maps Terrain View”
Our terrain is just too flat. Going West to Banff yields much nicer pics.
New feature, cool for geeks :D
Now if only they could update their ‘maps’ option so that streets that appear in the ’satellite’ section also appear.
They do
5664 Garnier. Check it out. And then get back to me.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/jelielsdistrurbance/garnier.jpg
People shouldn’t buy condos in streets that are newly developed :-)
(How’s the train noise?)
Dave, that’s not what he’s talking about. There’s a relatively new extension of Garnier, where it pokes into the area by the tracks that run along St. Gregoir. In satellite view view, you can see the extension of the street and a few other new streets (i.e., in the photo). But in map and terrain view, those new streets don’t show up. But they’ve been there over a year now.
Looks like utility roads. But I see what you are talking about
Dave, those are streets, with names and address and houses. Hundreds of people live in there. It has expanded even more since the satellite shot.
Yes, they are utility roads. I utilise them daily to get to my home. In those buildings? Just like all the other people who live there. In those buildings. Great utility roads, they serve their purpose.
Mare, they are “almost” newly developed. :) Ours was built back in 2002. But no, unless all our windows are fully open, we don’t really hear the train. It was an initial worry, but it’s actually quite quiet.
Sorry dudes. Sorry you feel so left out by software. I’m sure they’ll get around to it. But don’t be in a hurry, we’re second class citizens in the American mindset. If somethings on fire in the US, they update it right away, but here it takes forever.
All my google tools are set on Google.COM and not .CA because most of the tools are not available in .CA.
It’s pretty but I feel around my way (South East UK) it would be more useful to have the location of train stations (most aggravating and the reason why streetmap.co.uk still wins most of the time) than the not so varied terrain.