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Google Adds More Map Photos
December 3, 2008 | Google Maps

Google added another 1/2 million photographs to their Google Earth and Google Maps databases bringing their total image count to over 15 million. The screenshot below shows a few photos from Grand Canyon National Park. Before you start looking, know that different zoom levels show different numbers of images.

CLICK THE IMAGE TO EXPLORE…..

Grand Canyon Google Map

You can download Google Earth for free here.

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