Google Street View Now Highlights Local Businesses
As Stephane Lafon, one of the software engineers on Google's Street View team points out, Street View will currently only highlight the top listings for the immediate area around your current position in Street View. The company plans to extend this coverage with more listing soon. Google also plans to incorporate transit location in this feature.
Bonus Tip: Street View in 3D
Earlier this month, we noticed that Google still offered the 3D version of Street View it announced on April Fool's day. To see this, just right-click on any Street View image and select "3D mode on."
Google is clearly working hard on highlighting local businesses across its properties. Google Maps already shows the names of local businesses once you zoom in close enough and last week, Google announced Google Places, a new version of its Local Business Center, which allows local retailers and restaurants to claim and update their own listings. In addition, Google is also taking pictures of the in and outside of local businesses around the U.S.
