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The user interface isn't very clear. There is no labelled link as you get for satellite/map/terrain and even hovering over the little pegman doesn't bring up a
by streety 18y ago
The user interface isn't very clear. There is no labelled link as you get for satellite/map/terrain and even hovering over the little pegman doesn't bring up a tool tip letting you know what it does when streetview is available. You only get a tooltip when streetview isn't available and the pegman is greyed out. Small changes could definitely make it better.
The route selection also seems a little odd. For example nothing available for Princes Street in Edinburgh but some of the most obscure backstreets are covered.
Having said that the odd route selection did mean I was able to locate my car so it's not all bad.
- andrew1 18y agoLooking at streets in London that are not included I wondered whether they're not included for security reasons. Maybe there are government buildings on Princes Street that the authorities don't want "them" to have pictures of..
- ionfish 18y agoIn general it appears that it's just roads that aren't publicly accessible which one can't go down. It's not just Downing Street, for example, but a bunch of pedestrianised places, presumably for the obvious reason that the Street View car couldn't go down them.
- streety 18y agoParts of Princes Street are accessible to only buses and taxis but there are also parts which are universally accessible which aren't covered.
- streety 18y agoWith geotagging of photos increasingly popular, and to a lesser extent tools like photosynth, this seems a little pointless. Having said that I wouldn't rule it out completely.