Plane Satellite Image
Since Google started offering the map service with the satellite images, I have used that to get my directions.
In San Diego I looked up the Hodad's restaurant using the satellite image to get an idea of the location we were looking for.
Apparently, since Hodad's is near the airport, I happened to pull up the image of an airplane flying over the restaurant.
To a geek like me this is one of the coolest things that happens to us on the net...
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