Points

___I've always liked the idea behind Google maps, but in the past, I've generally thought of street view as little more than a cute gimmick. However, as I've recently had the opportunity to discover, this cute gimmick, integrated with the rest of Google Maps, can actually be quite useful.
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___In my case, I needed to take public transit from DU to a friends house. Normally, if it's your first time riding a route, it's difficult to know where, exactly you are getting on and getting off, what times to arrange for the buses and movement between routes (RTD's website has the option of creating somewhat obtuse routes for you, which are alright, so long as you know the transit system and the area pretty well, and you don't mind getting a little lost the first time you take a route).
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___With street view, that's not an issue. Street view can show literally every step of the way how you are getting from point a to point b. You can literally know what the bus stop looks like. More than that, since it has the bus/light rail/mall shuttle schedules already programmed in. It can also give times for pick-up and drop-off, along with an estimate of walking speed from getting between routes and end-points. All in all, it means that a trip that would normally be somewhat stressful and slightly complicated, is now completely simple.
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___Points for Google.