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I Can See Your House From Here!

Want to see your Mom's roof in Kalamazoo, MI? How about your Aunt Gertie's fire escape in Walla Walla, WA? Thanks to the miracle of Google Maps and satellite images, you can literally see a aerial snapshot of any house, street, or block in the US and Canada! Read about it in Newsweek. Or, go right to Google Maps (google.com/maps) and check it out! You can literally arrow your way across the United States by satellite, like a low-flying slow-motion airplane window seat. You can switch back and forth between a map and an image of the same location at any magnification level. In short: it's pretty nifty! Alas, I can't download or post these maps, or even copy the link. I'd have to show you personally on your PC. The image at left is a satellite map of Boston taken from a university, not from Google.

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