I really like the bird's eye view that they offer with their maps. It is much more detailed and usable than the normal satellite view. You can rotate the view 90 degrees to get 4 different angles of the location and it zooms in close.
Again as a poster mentioned above, this has also been available from atleast 4 years. It seems that they have done a good job bringing it all together and people are atleast exposed to these now.