Mapping and satellite imagery services from the major search engines have been getting a lot of buzz lately, but a number of specialized geographic search tools have been around for years, and they’re great tools if you’re looking for information about specific places literally anywhere on the planet. I’ve got an overview of a couple of the best in today’s SearchDay article, Searching for a Sense of Place.
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