Make google maps map layer avalable as an option instead of the satelite layer

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It'd be great if the map tiles from google maps were useable in the google 
earth plugin. This would let devs show a lot more placemarks than is currently 
feasable using the maps api as the GE plugin is a lot faster.

Requested by: TinyGrasshopper

Supported by: undefined

Original issue reported on code.google.com by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2008 at 8:46

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It would be great to see this work. Sometimes, the terrain layer makes for much 
easier comprehension of 
complex raster data displays. The satellite layer is very "busy".

Original comment by underbluewaters on 9 Jan 2009 at 4:03

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I believe this is superb functionality to add to Google Earth Plugin. The 
ability to
able to switch from satellite to street map is something I really desire for 
the same
reason underbluewaters has mentioned.

Original comment by wdtincm...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2009 at 12:20

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I would petition for such a capability. I think this will really rock! I would 
like 
to encourage the Google Earth Plugin developers to really make this a 
possibility in 
the near future :)

Original comment by tew...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2009 at 4:45

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Recently, my company went to a trade show and presented to our upcoming product 
which
uses Google Earth plugin. The first thing that most people asked was, "Can you 
just
see the streets?"  The street map instead of terrain or satellite is more 
appealing
to the industries that we serve because our clients often want to print off the 
map.
The streets make a better background than the terrain especially when displaying
transparent layers.  As such, I would highly recommend the developer to 
consider and
make this ability a reality in the very near future. You may contact me 
regarding our
survey.

Original comment by matt.gaf...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2009 at 11:00

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This is really a must have as the GE plugin is much faster than GMaps but 
doesn't 
provide the streets view that GMaps users love.

Original comment by alfa...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2009 at 12:36

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I just wanted to note that Microsoft's Bing Maps 3D (a Google Earth competitor),
already has this capability.  As such, this proves that the functionality is 
useful
and it is one of the few areas in which Google actually trails Microsoft.

Original comment by chimpath...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2009 at 2:54

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grzegorz.suchy: A word of friendly advice, after getting a couple of emails for 
you
adding a "me too" comment.  All you have to do is star the issue to indicate 
that you
also want an answer.  The "me too" comments don't really help move things along 
and
can clutter up the comments (especially on issues with more comments), making it
harder to find the ones that are actually addressing the issue.  Plus when you 
do a
"me too" comment, it emails out to everyone who has commented on the bug.  As 
will
this comment but I hoped it could help us all out if you knew this. :)

Original comment by chimpath...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2010 at 9:53

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Need a USGS topo image layer !!!

Original comment by nater...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2011 at 9:55

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Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 28 Jul 2011 at 4:08

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This functionality is already present in the standalone version using overlays:
http://www.gelib.com/google-maps.htm
It would be nice to see in the web version as well (perhaps it's already 
possible?)

Maybe this issue could be more generalized to include other layers also, not 
just streetmaps, such as terrain maps. 45deg angle imagery as well for when the 
camera is tilted 45deg. (you shouldn't be able to see a small object behind a 
high wall when tilted, for example.)

Original comment by gmanmi...@gmail.com on 3 Dec 2011 at 9:00