Filed under: Web services, Google
"Street view" coming to Google Maps?
It looks like Google is prepping a new feature for Google Maps that will include a street-level view. While it's not clear what that view will look like, how users will navigate, or if it will be easier to use than Microsoft's version (shown to the right), Google has registered a series of domain names related to the project:- GOOGLE-MAPS-STREET-VIEW.COM
- GOOGLE-MAPS-STREET-VIEW.NET
- GOOGLE-MAPS-STREET-VIEW.ORG
- GOOGLEMAPSSTREETVIEW.ORG
- GOOGLESTREETVIEW.COM
- GOOGLESTREETVIEW.NET
- GOOGLESTREETVIEW.ORG
It'll be interesting to see if Google can find a good way to make street level maps useful as well as impressive to look at. Sure, it'd be cool to virtually drive down the street and look in your office window to see if you can find yourself. But being able to search for driving directions, and then actually see the route before getting in the car could make navigating the road a whole lot easier.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
