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Google Maps is not just for finding your way to your next job interview, Google Maps is for sightseeing, just click the satellite tab on the top right. Google Sightseeing, a weblog dedicated to aggregating all the interesting scenes, has sprung up, allowing you to take a sightseeing tour from the comfort of your own LCD display.
Google Sightseeing feeds off user contributions, so stop by and check it out and if there is something interesting in your area, find it on Google Maps and send them the link. A few listings from our neck of the woods are already up there, including the Space Needle, Mt. St. Helens, Husky Stadium and more. A couple more of note are Mt. Rainier and Naval Station Everett.
As cool as Google Maps is, they don't give as much detail as some other online tools. They also put silly "2005 Google" watermarks all over the satellite maps when you zoom in. In these situations, older tools like TerraServer from Microsoft still have an edge. TerraServer already has an exhaustive list of "Famous Places" that is worth checking out. However, Google Maps user interface is much quicker and easier to use.
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