Another iPhone version updated was released today with a handful of new features and updates. Among the new features in version 2.2 software is Google maps Street View. Below is a step-by-step approach to using street view as it wasn’t clear how to start using it.
- Touch the bottom right-hand corner button to pull up map display options
- Select “Drop Pin” to have the pin dropped on the map
- Touch the pin until the details box opens above it.
- If the circular icon on the left is grayed out, drag and move the pin to a nearby major street. If that icon lights up (as it is in my screenshot), then go ahead and touch it.
- The display will flip to horizontal mode and start your Google Street View
This is the original Google Street View as viewed from Google Maps of the same image captured on my iPhone. The load-time of street view is congruent to that of its maps. Both are heavily dependent on which type of connection you’re on. Wi-Fi was much faster than full-bars 3G. One thing to note in particular was the floaty feel of being able to look up and down in the iPhone’s Street View. I was surprised to see the halo of the sun in some spots as well as the rig, which the omni-camera was mounted, on the Google vehicle. Never a boring week for the iPhone between awesome apps and continued improvements in the device software itself.
