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Embed Google Street Level View, Satellite View, and VE Bird's Eye View All in One Map

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Real Estate Agent with Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage GREC #208281

This is the coolest mapping thing I've seen in some time.  I love using Google Street View but I also love the Bird's Eye view  of Microsoft's Virtual Earth. Google satellite view gives another great view point depending on what you are looking for.

I found a site that allows you to combine all three views into one map and then embed the custom map into a web page or blog.

The really neat thing is as you move around in the Google maps, the Bird's Eye view also moves.  When you rotate the view in Google Street view, the Bird's Eye view also gets rotated.

It's a great way to get a good feel for a neighborhood from several different angles.

I just stumbled upon this and am just playing around with it.  Let me know what you think.

StreetCities.com also has some other maps that you can create.  Take time to check them out.

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About the Author:  Tim Maitski has been a full time Realtor since 1999. He has sold several hundreds of homes in areas around metro Atlanta.  Tim started with RE/MAX Greater Atlanta and is now with Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage.

 

Along with blogging on ActiveRain, he provides one of the best real estate websites in Atlanta at www.HomeAtlanta.com .

 

His proprietary  "Maitski Line Reports" chart out the absorption rates over the past 14 years in 37 different market areas.  Know when it's a good time to buy or a good time to sell.    

 

His online Property Tax Calculator allows you to compare property taxes in many counties and cities around the Atlanta area.  He provides the Atlanta MLS Power Search Tool that allows searches of homes using over 35 specific criteria.

 

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Tim also has a "Five Days to Sold" System that uses an intensive marketing blitz to create a showing frenzy that creates urgency and offers.

 

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Comments (5)

Shane OnullGorman
Eau Claire Realty, Inc. - Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire Wisconsin, Real Estate Agent & Realtor- Buy or Sell

It looks pretty cool. I wonder why they combined virtual earth with the other maps instead of just using Google across the board?

Dec 15, 2008 02:11 AM
Jim Crawford
Long & Foster - Fredericksburg, VA
Jim Crawford Broker Associate Fredericksburg VA
Thanks Tim for sharing looks pretty neat. I gave up on the Google maps - they are easy to make, but whne you go back a while later there were many issues of functionality.
Dec 15, 2008 02:24 AM
Home Loan Search.Online
Home Loan Search Online - Newnan, GA

Thanks for the info. I've passed it along to my realtor partners.

Dec 15, 2008 02:48 AM
Michelle Chamberlain
Above All Financial Services -Pennsylvania Mortgage Broker - Secane, PA
Suburban Philadelphia Mortgage Broker

I love playing with google street level view, except for the fact that it is not accurate for my home address (maybe that's not a bad thing?) it actually points you to the ugly house down the street.

Michelle

Dec 15, 2008 04:08 PM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Tim, One thing that concerns me when I went to the link is this statement

"Please check that your map complies with the Virtual Earth Terms and Conditions. In particular this section : "you may develop or host an online application ... for non-commercial use".

Since I've read that these blogs are considered commercial.

I'm going to play around on the site and see if the Vertual Earth has to be a part of it, maybe we can omit that map??

Good post.

 

Jan 05, 2009 05:10 AM