First the map updates in realtime allowing the user to drag, zoom in and out wihtout refreshing the page. Then the map gave the user the ability to see any location with satellite view, retaining its original attributes.
Now Google Maps has kicked it up a notch. It’s overlaying the satellite map over the 2D map (or maybe the other way around). The hybrid mode lives side by side to the other modes we have grown so accustomed to.
God I love Google.