Unique perspective: Google Maps now allows you to explore downtown Detroit at 45-degrees

By Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com

Google Maps, one of the next-best things to exploring Detroit in real life, just got better.

At some point in the last month, the search giant added 45-degree imagery for the Motor City that essentially renders downtown in three dimensions ala Google Earth. Zoom in close enough, and the view shifts to show the Renaissance Center rising above the Detroit River and casting shadows over East Jefferson.

I noticed it this weekend as I was comparing historic photos of the St. Regis to the contemporary, expanded hotel in the New Center. Mesmerized by the Sim City-like presentation, I spent the next hour exploring the city from a vantage point rarely afforded the average onlooker.

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