Google maps hybrid display (was: [blu] Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ)

[blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

John Chambers wrote:
> What I wonder is whether it's pure coincidence that this feature
> seems to have appeared simultaneously in both systems.
> 
> Of course, google could have had it under development for some time...

Or they "stole" the idea from a third party:

http://www.kokogiak.com/gmaps-transparencies.html

That site shows a customized Google maps UI with a transparency slider 
at the bottom of the screen, and has a button to toggle which image 
overlays.

  -Tom