I’m planning on using either Virtual Earth or Google Maps for a little Ruby on Rails project so I thought I’d compare how the satellite imaging weighed up from both service providers. You can see the results below. The images are at exactly the same location (53° 5' 47.4756" N, 3° 56' 51.6294" E; aka RAC Boulders).

I find the Virtual Earth image to be a little too bleached, while the Google Maps image is not vibrant enough to give the same level of detail as the Virtual Earth image. Which do you prefer?