February 04, 2005
Street Level Photos of Businesses in the US Yellow Pages
A9 has implemented a very cool feature in their online yellow pages directory, street level photos. They have attached cameras and GPS units to cars and then driving around the streets of the US so that they can put street level photos of all the businesses listed in the directory. This allows users to browse through a street of businesses so that you can easily find the business when you actually go there. This is the type of feature that I love as I like to know all the details before I get there so with this I could actually get the address information, GPS location, street map to get there and now a photo of the street. What is next virtually walk up and down the streets using VRML or other virtual reality technology?
Links
Page that Describes how A9 Did it
Sample Search Page
