Google Maps
I don't see anything ground breaking in them in as much as they're like Yahoo or Mapquest maps. But they sure have some nice eyecandy (unusual for Google). Still the page layout is much easier than the competition's advertising bloated pages, in Google's typical fashion.
Is it Yahoo! or Google or Amazon who has the maps that show pictures of the street? Anyway, whichever of the two it is I thought it was kind of funny how some of the pictures would be into the car driving next to them.
I've not seen those pictures. Sounds funny!
It would be nice to have real pictures though along with directions, for instance as you near an intersection for a turn so you know what to watch for. I guess at that point I'm nearly arguing for a GPS unit to just tell me where to go?
Yeah. I think it was Amazon. You type in an address and you get a street-level view of one side of the street. You can turn around, or keep going down the street looking at the pictures. I think I went like a mile or so down the street.
But I guess you don't get intersection pictures on your driving directions. GPS is getting cheaper, so I think it won't be such a big deal soon.