I was super impressed in the street view - navigation updates where the circle changes on depth, and goes sideways on buildings. Really how long until they can

I was super impressed in the street view - navigation updates where the circle changes on depth, and goes sideways on buildings. Really how long until they can upgrade the lasers to work good enough to scan a building front (barcode style).. 5 years? Until then this a great hack-ish way of doing it