For those that have not seen this yet, check out this new feature on Google maps: link here

Google maps now include street level photos that you can navigate along. Click on street and then navigate using the arrows. Unfortunately, Street View as it is known is only available in New York, San Francisco, Miami, Denver and Las Vegas, but it will awesome when it available everywhere — how long does it take to photograph the whole world?

Product manager for Google Maps, Stephen Chau explains some of the cool applications:

“We can see all sorts of uses, I just moved to a new apartment, and I used Street View to check out the neighborhood…. You can preview the location to see if the real estate listing is accurate — is it close to public transportation, and so forth. There’s a sightseeing aspect to it that way… It could also be helpful if you’re trying to find that great little Italian restaurant downtown whose name you forgot. If you don’t know the name, you can’t exactly look it up, but if you can retrace your steps, virtually, you may find it and be able to zoom in on its sign.”

Tags: Google maps

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