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How come this is so much faster than Google's own Street View interface? I feel like whether I use Flash or WebGL, Street View always feels a bit clunky and lag
by lambda 14y ago
How come this is so much faster than Google's own Street View interface? I feel like whether I use Flash or WebGL, Street View always feels a bit clunky and laggy, while here it's really instant.
I suppose one of the things that helps is that this doesn't do the "zoom" effect that looks ugly and slows you down navigating.
- lambda 14y agoSelf reply to mention that one reason it feels so "instant" is that in many cases, it has already auto-completed and started displaying your destination before you finish typing. For instance, I typed "golden gate bridge", and probably by the time I had typed "golden ga" it could start loading, and everything was loaded by the time I finished typing "bridge." Also, what panoramic viewer is this? Is this something provided by Google, something off the shelf, or something custom written by them?