Microsoft Street Slide is like Google Street View, just way better

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Microsoft Street Slide is like Google Street View, just way better



I can't tell you how many times I've used Google Street View
to look for a specific storefront only to spend precious time
fruitlessly clicking arrows and squinting at low-res zooms. I'd much
rather use Microsoft's Street Slide, a new search tool that lets you
quickly and easily see everything on an entire street, for several
blocks, at once.













Now, instead of navigating a street in an inefficient, strobe-like
way with those arrow buttons, you can use Street Slide to zoom way out
and view one side of a street as a panorama. Since the street becomes a
thin strip on your screen, there's room for store logos and addresses on
the top and bottom, letting you quickly zero in on what you want.
Checking out the other side of the street is as simple as one click, and
you can turn down side streets easily, too.

This looks like an amazing upgrade to the Google Street View
experience. But don't just take my word for it — the research group
challenged 20 people to find a variety of places with either Street View
or Street Slide. Those who used Street Slide found what they were
looking for 17 seconds faster, on average. We can only hope Microsoft
fast-tracks the development and release of this research project, so we
can all enjoy the benefits.

Microsoft Research, via Technology Review

Now that is really cool. Not much use for me however.

I will no longer have to spot my prey personally!

I know. Its getting hard these days, especially when you're on a watch list.

Nah, the FBI party van doesn't have enough mileage to catch me, and this technology will certainly assist my "ehuehuehuh"-ing.