Viewing Google Street View

When viewing maps of major cities, you can often view actual photographs of your desired location using Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps. Basically, Google hired cars with 360-degree cameras mounted on their roofs to drive around major streets of the United States and take pictures. By using Google Street View, you can see how your destination looks before you get there. That way, you'll be familiar with the building you want to find.

To use Google Street View, you must first identify a specific location with a red pin. Then you can check whether Google Street View is available for that location by doing this:

  1. From the Home screen, tap Maps. The Maps screen appears.

  2. Find a red pin by following the steps in ...

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