It has taken a while, but Yahoo has finally matched Google and Microsoft in offering satellite maps for its Maps service.
Michael Lawless and Vince Maniago from Yahoo! Maps Yahoo Maps, the site now contains comprehensive coverage of the continental US at a high resolution.
That coverage includes detailed resolution Yahoo lists as 15 meters per pixel, or zoom level 5, medium resolution, for the global maps and overlays it makes available for locations outside the US.
The Maps team also took the step of smoothing out the satellite images. Seam lines for the images have been nicely buffed away, and the Maps team also normalized the colors used for the image display. This adds up to a much cleaner look, and contributes to an impressive appearance when viewing hybrid maps.
As with many of its projects, Yahoo has made the Maps APIs reported from the Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web |
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