Google Add Contours in Terrain

Google Add Contours in Terrain



Now more cartographic and informative
A nice touch and now more useful to the users (hikes, cyclists mountaineers etc)

See the contours in effect here
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=banff&ie=UTF8&t=p&z=14

Source:
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/04/last-summer-somewhere-in-adirondacks.html

OpenSpace Tiles in Google Earth

update: 38 second clip on You Tube by request - video capture by SnagIT

OpenSpace Tiles in Google Earth

"Gavin Brock has produced an Ordnance Survey Overlay for Google Earth which enables you to view public footpaths in Google Earth. Unfortunately the kml of the overlay doesn’t appear to work when loaded into Google Maps." Google Maps Mania

Not sure on the legal aspects (OS Copyright) on this but it is impressive to see 1:50,000 Landranger Series in 3D. Some footpaths are available but 1:25,000 (Explorer Series) is the official scale for public footpaths and rights of way, currently 1:25,000 is not available in the Openspace API.

Google Maps Terrain

Update
Google Maps API users will be pleased to know the Terrain Layer will be available.
Sneek Peek
http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/terrain/terrain_maptypecontrol.html
But wait for the official blog post...
http://mapperz.googlepages.com/Google_Terrain.html
(ok maybe not wait)

Google Maps Terrain New!

A nice new visual layer called 'Terrain' a physical representation of the ground and elevation

Large U.S. Cities have Oblique 2.5D Buildings in Terrain Mode.

But where is the Hybrid Mode gone?

Google incorporated the hybrid feature into the satellite mode. Just click Satellite and then you’ll see the checkbox appear which says “show labels.” If the box is checked roads/streets will be labeled just as Hybrid mode.

Mapperz