With Yahoo and A9 internet search adding the use of images to help you get more familiar with the area you want to go check out, why has not Google put the great CNN most often used
program Keyhole? With Keyhole the area site would be seen from above and give some help with the regular road map that is the usual shown.
Plus, with Google owning Picasa and Hello AND Blogger, they could technically call on the blogspere to add images of trips and places on their service. Plus, how much can it take to take some pictures of a block that allot of people visit? World Trade? 34th Street Manhatten? Downtown Chicago?
Can you imagine a search site that could also give you blogs on travel and pictures? Then add the ability to share information by means of IM (with Hello)?
It doesn't end there!!!
Look at how close that is? Not the same as a (search of which shows you the ground level AT eye level though, but this can help drivers who would combine the road map with the topical map to have an idea of where they are at, what they passed and where they are headed. Plus, if you include all those navigation buttons too, you have a good ineterface and BAMM!!!
Problem: For all of that interface adding, this means activeX and FireFox don't likee activeX
You add the street/eye level images:
Look at this!!! You can, if you want, sign in for a more customized search with your locations. What FUN!!!! LOL You get a map (of which Google would improve upon with Keyhole) and when you click on the image you get your walk-through.
Just take a look for yourself:
Find It On The Block: walk-through
Now Yahoo has a way of adding your opinion of the place. This, of course, almost never works. No comments, no reviews, no nothing. Now say an enterprising young adult.... say $user came in and said to area establishments, "I'll put some comments for you about your place."
... sounds shady... so how about having a place where the business can say something about itself... or better yet, have a representative do it for them.
HHMmmmmm....