Dual Maps Goes 3D
Dual Maps , an old Maps Mania favorite, has undergone a bit of a makeover this week. As you may have heard, Google recently removed its classic 45° bird's-eye aerial imagery from the Maps JavaScript API. This oblique aerial perspective was one of the core synchronized views offered by Dual Maps. The removal of the bird's-eye view has therefore prompted Map Channels to undertake a ground-up revamp of its popular synchronized multi-panel app. Dual Maps is a free web mapping utility that generates an interactive, embeddable control syncing Google Maps, Google Street View, and aerial/satellite photography into a single viewport. When you interact with one panel - such as dragging the map or rotating the Street View pegman - the other panels instantly pan, zoom, and rotate to stay perfectly synchronized. Maintaining traditional oblique aerial photography is incredibly resource-intensive, requiring specialized, low-flying aircraft to capture four separate angles of urban ar...
