Google Street View - Motorola DROID Manual

Google Street View

At first the idea of the Google Street View service
seemed a bit creepy: Google used cars with mounted
cameras and other equipment to take 360-degree
photos of roads everywhere. It's still a bit creepy in
light of the company's admission that it inadvertently
snooped on users in open Wi-Fi hotspots (this is
another reason to use caution when using
unencrypted hotspots).
That aside, Google Street View is an amazing tool for
figuring out where you need to be. We use it when
we have an appointment at a new location to see
what the building looks like before we arrive; we also
use it to check whether there's any parking or tricky
intersections along the way.
Follow these steps to get to Street View:
1. Go to the location details page.
2. Tap the Street View button, which
looks like a person with a triangle on
his chest. Not every location has a
Street View; if this button is grayed
out, that option is unavailable.
3. Navigate by dragging around the
picture with your finger to pan
around the scene.
4. Go further up or down the road by
tapping the arrows. The yellow line
shows you the path the Street View
car took as it traveled.
5. Exit Street View with the Back button
on your phone.
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