stumbled on to this a couple of years ago on mapquest.com
you can map to your house, and then switch to aerial photo.
they disabled it for a while, but its back now!

input address, map as normal, then select "aerial photo" tab.
you can then zoom, pan, etc.

some locations are better than others. res, zoom, quality, etc.

be careful what you do on the deck, big bro is watching!

this is my subdiv-

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