Google Maps is the coolest thing since Gmail (which was the coolest thing since Blogger [which was the coolest thing since Google.com -- do we see a trend?]). If you haven't used it yet, you're missing out. And since they added satellite imagery recently, they leave everyone else in the dust.
Here's a composite I pieced together (for max resolution) of the building I work in (on the left) using Google Maps. Yes, all those little dots on the right of the building are cars (and mine's in there somewhere). My building is something like three-quarters of a mile long, and many times in the past I've groaned about the terrible parking. Here's the same composite image, but with parking notes for perspective. Those that think this is some kind of security problem should get a load of this (and this is public info!) before getting on my case about parking diagrams.
But the coolness doesn't stop there. Try driving directions. It's so cool that it overlays the route right on the sat. image. And the fact that you can click and drag the map just rocks compared to other online mapping sites where you have to click the nav buttons and wait for the page to reload.
Here's one more annotated sat. image (not a composite) of my former little corner of Northeast Philly. I used to walk between all those places. And it's still difficult to believe the mall I worked in back then is bigger than the building I work in now.
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