http://map.search.ch/index.en.html when you zoom in closer it scales the lower res images up (thereby pixelating them) while it loads the high res ones. Makes loading feel much faster.

Some map functionality source code sites: http://www.sandcodex.com/ and examples http://map.search.ch/

Fly-through map site : http://appvs1.tf.cs.fiu.edu/launch/terrafly.asp?qra=209%2E115%2E211%2E86&dt=67365.34&street=&city=Ladera%20Ranch&state=CA&zip=

"... what makes a "good" shared map? Given that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what I am looking for in any map is me." : http://duffill.blogs.com/beyond_crayons/2005/02/the_rights_and_.html Never show your audience the whole map at a level of magnification that makes the text illegible. ... reveal it in layers, building it up each time. A Mindmapping wiki is at http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/MindMapping

"You can grow old wondering about what you want to be when you grow up ?" - Ron Wild
"Adversity is a powerful force ... a force that can disable us, or propel usto achieve beyond our dreams." - Dr. Mark Lerner
"When you finally get that call, meet that person, walk that walk, and live that dream, do you think you'll even care that there were a few dark and scary moments in a journey that made them all possible? -
"Never settle for less." -The Universe