Street View, the driver's-eye view on Google Maps, made its debut in the United States, but it's now available in Australia and Japan, too.
The Street View service has raised privacy hackles in some quarters, but it's helped me navigate in areas I've never visited: What does the house I'm visiting look like? Or the street corner where I'm supposed to get off the bus? Or where exactly is that big-box retailer?
Google also is extending Street View to Europe, and in the process is gathering data that will let it create 3D models as well.
To alleviate privacy concerns, Google blurs faces in Street View.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10006040-2.html
Check it out at http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/
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