I actually disagree. Google maps has a link to Google Earth in the bottom left corner, which immediately gives a satellite view of the place without having me n

I actually disagree. Google maps has a link to Google Earth in the bottom left corner, which immediately gives a satellite view of the place without having me navigate elsewhere. I tried various layers on OSM (transport map layer is cool, btw) but no layer was as informative to me as what Google Earth showed. YMMV.