Shaded Relief Maps for Google Earth
While perusing the Google Maps Mania blog, I ran across a post noting that shaded releif maps are now available for the Google Earth engine. According to wikipedia:
A raised-relief map or terrain model is a three dimensional representation, usually of terrain. When of terrain the elevation dimension is usually exaggerated by a factor between five and ten; this facilitates the visual recognition of terrain features.
These maps are useful in helping viewers visual recognition of terrain features all over the world. The site can be found at Shaded-Relief.