Useful for gleaning house numbers on specific buildings, as and when useful. You can navigate between shots using the directional arrows, click-and-drag to get a better view, or hit the '+' symbol to zoom in. These Street View images are taken from one of the many Google cars that have driven around millions of miles of the world's streets. That street will light up blue and, once you release the mouse, you'll then be taken in by another animation taking you to street level. (Image credit: Google) Knock on the front door?īeyond Google Earth and its 3D-styling, you can use the system much like Google Maps (or, indeed, just use Maps in the first instance) to drag-and-drop the little orange person from the right corner of the screen onto an available street.
