Google Maps is the greatest thing on the Internet.

[SmileyBoy]

This makes mapquest look like shit. Nevermind the fact that Mapquest actually IS a piece of shit, but regardless, Google Maps kicks ASS.

Here's a fun thing I do: I change my screen resolution to 2048x1536 pixels, and I look at the huge city maps of large cities across North America, on the most zoomed-out city-street level, which is like 6th or 7th below the most zoomed in. For example, you can see all of Calgary's streets fit onto your computer screen.

It kicks ass.

http://www.maps.google.com

[expatriot]

1. Satellite view rocks. Street level of most American cities is hi-res

[UrbScotty]

2. It's cool, but Wikipedia is actually the best thing on the Net.

http://en.wikipedia.org

[NoSheep]

3. Mapquest indeed sucks! All you get is LOST!!!!

:rofl:

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

4. Haha

but sadly so so true. Can Google do any wrong?

[Scout1071]

5. Wow. That is really impressive. I just looked up my place and

I can't believe how accurate and easy it was.

Thanks for the tip!

[jim3775]

6. Try google earth

You need a really good computer and connection.

http://earth.google.com/

[undeterred]

7. That is pretty amazing

thanks for the link

[Cocoa]

8. you can pan without refreshing the page

that's pretty amazing.

However, is there a way to re-center with just a click? Most map sites have that feature.