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I wish Google would make a web interface that pre-cached the street view frames and implemented a better mouselook and keyboard controls so you could 'drive' th
by TrevorJ 17y ago
I wish Google would make a web interface that pre-cached the street view frames and implemented a better mouselook and keyboard controls so you could 'drive' the streets. It would be a great way to explore and learn the layout of new areas.
- SamAtt 17y agoI suspect the problem Google has with a lot of things is scale. To take this for example it might not seem like a big deal to pre-cache images but when you look at the millions of people who probably use Google maps and assume that a lot of that cache will be wasted (people closing the site, people only going 1 of possible 3 ways at an intersection, etc...) So even though each individual is only caching a few wasted images per visit the end result is probably terrabytes of wasted bandwidth for something that's a fairly minor feature (I agree it would be nice but it's not a "must have")
- TrevorJ 17y agoOh, I agree, but it would be cool :)
- yangyang 17y agoThere are keyboard controls already: the arrow keys work (at least on Firefox on Mac OS) to go forwards and backwards and turn, + and - to zoom.