I'm sure eventually (way down the road) this will be something useful and widespread. For now it's more of a toy though.

How many times are you actually going to call up your camera and stand there pointing your phone down the street to see the two restaurants in plain site, versus pulling up an overhead view and seeing a dozen of them a block over or around a corner?

The great thing about satellite mapping was that it gave you that ability to jump 25 or 50 or 500 feet in the air and get a huge perspective, as opposed to needing line of sight.

Quite frankly I think this is going to see use by urban mac hipsters giggling over it with their friends. As far as bringing real functionality to my life, it's much more limiting than a map I can manipulate, so for now it's not a better solution.

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