More information can be found on from the Official Google Lat-Long Blog post titled: Explore new terrain
[Thanks to Eric Lund for the tip!]
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
New terrain viewing option added to Google Maps!
Google Maps has been updated with new viewing capabilities! Visit Google Maps to see a new "Terrain" viewing option which will show you the geo-physical features of the earth, including labels to help you identify them! Also being modified with this feature addition is the "Hybrid" viewing option which still remains, but is now termed as "Show labels" and is found by clicking the Satellite button. Check out the screen shots below:
More information can be found on from the Official Google Lat-Long Blog post titled: Explore new terrain
[Thanks to Eric Lund for the tip!]
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More information can be found on from the Official Google Lat-Long Blog post titled: Explore new terrain
[Thanks to Eric Lund for the tip!]
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Neat! Topographic maps would have been better, but this is still a nice feature. I wonder how long before it can be added to the Google Maps API.
Nice, it adds maps to Argentina, which were previously missing.
They have several mistakes, but is better than nothing.
Here is a comparison between the maps for Buenos Aires from Microsoft's Virtual Earth (MapaMS) and the new from Google
Regards
Javier
Sebastien,
it is on the API
You add it by calling to
map.addMapType(G_PHYSICAL_MAP);
by the way the comparison is at http://www.argentinatravelnet.com/ciudades/capital-federal-buenos-aires-E.html
Regards
Javier
Well how do you like that? I had checked the official Google documentation and couldn't find any mention of it. Thanks!
In the case, do you know how do set the Satellite map type to include the Hybrid tag option?
Here is some Terrain views on Google Maps.
Is there a way to determine the elevation of a point when in terrain mode? It seems like that data should be there, but right-clicking doesn't pull it up. Is there an API call for it?
Sebastien -
To have the "Labels" checkbox, use the new HierarchicalMapTypeControl. I did a blog post on it for the Maps API blog, you can copy the examples linked from there.
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