Terrain View in Google Maps improved a bit

While relying solely on Google Maps to plan your next hiking trip is not a good idea, the new feature recently added sure helps a little the adventurers. When using the Terrain view in Google Maps you can now see contour lines, that help better estimating the inclination degree. For instance, where you see two contour lines close together it means that the slope is steep, while two more distant contour lines mean the terrain is flatter between those points.

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Not sure if I'll ever end up visiting Mt. Rainer, but I'm pretty sure that these maps would be an ideal environment for a Starcraft 2 campaign. Blizard should use the Google Maps api to add a hint of reality in Starcraft maps.