The Google Maps service has gone more operational with the inclusion of some more features i.e Street View, Wikipedia & Photos. The Wikipedia & Photos feature allow Google Maps to display the Wiki info & Photos related to the area which is being viewed on the website.

The latest buzz revolving with Google is the integration of the World’s first commercial Satellite GeoEye with Google Maps. Now you can explore the neighborhood, street traffic & other conditions of an area before buying a house. It has been made possible due to the new Google Sponsored, World’s first commercial satellite GeoEye.

GeoEye is the world’s first commercial satellite that provides a satellite view of the world with the shortest distance available so far. With Google partnering up with GeoEye, users of Google Maps & Google Earth can expect recieving some excellent quality high resolution images of their own street from these services.

Here is the screenshot of the first image sent by GeoEye & its comparision with the currently available image.

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