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Philipp Lenssen and his readers have discovered an incredible hack for Google Maps that pulls up super zoomed images. The directions are simple. Find a location. Then switch to satellite view and click the "link to this page" URL (top right). Then make change the number after the "z=" in your URL to a higher number and you will get images that look like this. Now all we need is a bookmarklet. Anyone?
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