Well this is freaky, I typed in "white house" and I got an INTERNAL tour of the white house. Awesome.
Also try "google campus".
What's interesting is the real google streetview needs adobe flash to run, this works with flash disabled.
Also try "google campus".
What's interesting is the real google streetview needs adobe flash to run, this works with flash disabled.
To use street view, you need Adobe Flash Player version 10 or newer. Get the latest Flash Player.
When I try to go to http://maps.google.com/maps?vector=1 to enable webgl it goes into an endless loop.
This page might explain why: http://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...
Some low-end integrated GPUs (like the Intel GMA 3100 and 3150) are not compatible
Since they've started targeting mobile browsers, they've switched in some places to the projection here (which uses a flat projection that is just translated), which is implemented in straight HTML + JS. In other words, this is official Google StreetView too, just their new embeddable viewer.
This is too much fun :)