Google Maps

Google continues to offer more and more free services. Not only do they have the best web search around, but they also offer a great image search, the new Gmail system that's sweeping the country, news groups including the archive formerly maintained by Deja.com with posts going back to the infancy of the internet in 1995, a free picture management and editing software called Picasa and blogging through Blogger.com that hosts the page you're currently reading.

They recently added to this a map service, called creatively enough Google Maps to compete against MapQuest, Yahoo Maps and MSN Maps(Which bought out my formerly favorite map service, MapBlast.com. This new service has typical map site fare with look-ups and directions, but it adds to this satellite photos! The photos are pretty low resolution though. Below is a photo of Bloomington.