view any location.. down to street names as seen from up in space
http://www.flashearth.com/

Nice, I like the conglomeration of different map services. And, now I can finally see which of my neighbors have swimming pools. Time to go meet someone!

Microsoft maps were much more up to date than Google. Google for my area looks to be about (at least) four years old, the Microsoft ones look like they are from about last summer/fall.