March 18th marks the date when Google Street View covers 95% of the UK’s road network so pretty much no house, street or location cannot be viewed now. Take St Davids Station in Exeter, has it got a car park, can you drop someone off undercover outside? – well yes you can and if you check on Street View you can see this…
I think the question now is what inovative businesses are going to begin incorporating this in their websites. As an example when am looking to stay in a hotel I always check to see if the description, ‘stunning and peaceful location’ actually looks it on Street View or maybe the 2 minute walk to the station misses out the dual carriageway or underpass, the truth can now be seen for yourself. For me the obvious product this links with is house sales, you can now check out the exact road of the property without even going – how cool is that?
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