Overhead image viewing systems and methods

An interactive system for overhead image browsing, the system comprising:

• a physical computing system that provides network-based access to an electronic catalog of overhead images, said computing system providing a user interface that includes functionality for users to browse overhead images;
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• an overhead image viewing service that enables users to browse a set of overhead images, wherein the set of overhead images is based at least partly on a geographic region of interest;
• the computing system configured to generate, for a user, a page that provides functionality for the user to browse a map of a first geographic region and a representation of the overhead images, and to select an overhead image to view in detail, wherein the generated page allows the selected overhead image to be superimposed over a portion of the map.

Non-transitory computer storage that stores a user interface that provides functionality for a user to browse overhead images, the user interface including:

• a map displaying a representation of a geographic region of interest;
• a user-selectable representation of a set of overhead images corresponding to the geographic region of interest;
• at least one display element for selecting one of the overhead images;
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• executable code that is responsive to user selection of the overhead image by displaying the overhead image superimposed over a geographically-corresponding portion of the map.