Google Maps Adds Terrain View, Replaces Hybrid View

Nov 27, 2007 at 11:00am ET by Barry Schwartz

If you load up Google Maps, you may notice that they have removed the “Hybrid” button and replaced it with “Terrain.” Here is a live frame of the Google Terrain view of New York City 10010.

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Here is a static image of the terrain view from above (just in case you do not see it):

Yes, there are plenty of other mapping services that offer these types of terrain views. I am sure someone will do a post on the alternatives and I will try to link to that post later.

Gary Price posted a compilation: Sanborn Maps From Google and Historic Maps from Many Providers (Free and Fee).

Postscript: I must have missed this the other day, but Gary Price just pointed it out to me. Notice, when you mouse over the “satellite” button, it shows you a check box for “show labels.” This is basically Google’s hybrid view:

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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