Just learned through Neowin.net that maps.google.com now supports switching between the drawn view of the map and a satellite view. Switching views is as simple as clicking on either "Map" or "Satellite". And guess what? Zooming and moving works as well in "Satellite" view. They were quite fast integrating their new Keyhole acquisition!

If you compare the "Link to this page" of the same area for both views, you can see that the only difference is the "t=k" extra parameter for the satellite view ("k" as in Keyhole).

Bravo Google, you did it again!