Germany - Satellite

Hey guys,

first of all, my english is not very good, but I try to explain my
problem.
i program a little php-script with the source from the google-map site.
it works quit good!

now I´d like to have a google map for germany, but there is only
a satellite-picture given.

is it possible to program my php-script that the script automatically
link to the satellite-picture ?