Look Inside Buildings With Google Street View

Thanks to Google Maps with Street Views we will be able to look inside businesses with the 'zoom in'and 'zoom out' features. The purpose of this technology is to give people a sense of what the environment of a particular building or business is like. By viewing a business's ambiance (even though a virtual representation) the user can get a feel for that business. Some may think it's just another Google step to becoming a real life Skynet, but let's just pretend for the sake of this blog entry, that Google's intentions were noble. Google would actually be on to something quite beneficial to users, businesses, and of course Google.

Various industries in a sense would get global exposure, and free advertisement. Just imagine a person in Arizona flying to Atlanta, Georgia to attend a business meeting. They'd need plane tickets, hotel reservations, places to eat. We know to go about getting plane tickets and reserving hotel rooms, but what about local restaurants. How would the person know which restaurants to visit and which to stay away from? They could select restaurants based on popularity, and ratings.

The popularity and rating of a restaurant only tells part of the story. Having a view inside the restaurant gives an additional side to the story that hasn't been experienced quite yet. Instead of seeing text of local restaurants, the person would be able to get a better feel for the restaurant based on pictures of the inside of the building thanks to street views. The concept is a great one, and could be a win win situation for users, businesses and Google if Google goes about it the right way.

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