Satellite, aerial photos
and map sites |
Google Maps Provides maps, satellite images, directions, landmarks, businesses and, uniquely, "Live View" shots from ground level across the US. See also Bing & Yahoo |
Mapping Social Media Geofeedia & Echosec plot Tweets, Instagram pics etc. Onto a map. Geosocialfootprint and Tweetpaths display the locations someone has Tweeted from. |
Open Street
Map As far as road maps go, this has got to be among the most complete. If Google & Bing don't list a road, look here. |
Geohack sources |
Historical UK
Aerial Photos
See what your house looked like in the 1940's. See also Britain from above. |
MyGeoposition Find geo-coordinates, copy them and use with Twitter's geocode: search term to find Tweets from that location. |
Track Aircraft FlightAware shows the progress & routes of aircraft, plotted onto maps. |
Track Shipping MarineTraffic shows the progress & routes of ships, plotted onto maps. |
Others |