New Google Feature Lets You Be a Satellite Spy

Google has announced a new feature which will allow people to get satellite maps of an area by typing in an address. Google bought a digital mapmaker called Keyhole, which had this technology, allowing people to zoom in on certain areas. This raises privacy concerns, predictably, (so says CNN) but violates no laws I can think of.

In fact, I remember Yahoo allowed people to do this years ago, and I was able to get photos of my friend's houses as well as mine, but it was discontinued after Sept. 11, if memory serves.