One interesting side note, this is about as good as it will get, since the US Federal government restricts distribution of higher res images.
No More Squinting: Google Maps’ First High-Res Satellite Images – ReadWriteWeb
With access to the GeoEye-1 imagery, Google can now begin providing images for Google Maps and Google Earth that will boast a resolution of 50 cm. (That’s just shy of two feet for you non-metric types.)
