Similar to Google Earth and Google Moon, Google has just launched an interactive map of mars based on high resolution photographs taken by NASA mars orbiters.
LOS ANGELES - First there was Google Earth, then Google Moon. On Monday, Google Inc. expanded its galactic reach by launching Google Mars, a Web browser-based mapping tool that gives users an up-close, interactive view of the Red Planet with the click of a mouse.
The Martian maps were made from images taken by NASA's orbiting Mars Odyssey and Mars Global Surveyor.
Read more about it here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_on_hi_te/google_mars;_ylt=Ak7jQ_omeh9UQn.PFXcRsOWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-).