You can pick map type here from Street, Satellite and Hybrid (Satellite with street names overlay).
One more option is to show Traffic information overlay on a map.
If you want higher zoom levels when working with satellite map go for the Google satellite map - it has at least twice as higher zoom level, compared to Apple's satellite maps.
To compare, here is max zoom of Apple map that is currently available:
And here is the extra zoom you are getting with Google satellite map: