Yahoo! Maps gets global satellite imagery

Yahoo! continues its slow creep up on Google in the web services department with a significant upgrade to Yahoo! Maps. The major change in the new release is global satellite imagery with, of course, an emphasis on U.S. cities. They've also added medium-resolution maps for cities around the world, and developers will be pleased to know they've released Version 3 of the Yahoo! Maps API to take advantage of the new features. It's nice to see the global maps and satellite images, but in the case of the latter, the resolution seemed was pretty lacking for the sample searches I did. You can read more about the new release on the Yahoo! Search Blog.

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