Introducing smart navigation in Street View: double-click to go (anywhere!) , Google Lat Long Blog (June 4)
Google has improved navigation in Street Views with street arrows and a "pancake".
"As you move your mouse within Street View, you'll notice that the cursor now has lightly-shaded geometry attached to it - it will show an oval when your mouse is following a road and a rectangle when moving across the facades of buildings. We affectionately refer to this cursor geometry as the "pancake" because it has the appearance of a pancake laying flat to the object where the mouse is pointing. By giving you a sense of depth,it makes the flat image almost feel three-dimensional!"
Watch the video.
Also Google Street View Gets Smart Navigation, PCWorld via Business World (June 5)
Google's Street View is spreading over the planet despite some resistance because of privacy concerns.
Posted by Gwen at June 8, 2009 12:46 PM