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But there’s a fairly recent new feature that is particularly nice: you can “go back in time” and see the current view as it was in the past.

For example, I’ve used it with a VR headset to virtually “walk” around different locations. Street View is fun and useful for any number of reasons. For example, here’s what Street View looks like for the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

I’m sure that most people are familiar with the Street View feature in Google Maps (on the web): You find a location in Maps, select the Browse Street View images icon (it resembles a little yellow stickman) inn the lower right, and then drag it to any highlighted area on the map to see that thing as if you were there. Google Maps has a cool feature that lets you view Street View imagery from various points in the past.