Google Maps underwent some user interface changes today. The controls on the right-hand side now look cleaner and there is an easier way to enter Street View, Google Maps’ optional view that allows you to explore a location through real photos taken at street level.

Google Maps underwent a major redesign today and the new street view is pretty fantastic. Now users can drag a little human figure named "Pegman" over any streets that light up blue and get a preview of Street View for that location. When Pegman lands, the whole map view turns into a Street View viewer and there's a button to expand that view to take up the whole horizontal length of your browser.These are very welcome changes that really help take advantage of the eye candy that is Street View in Google Maps. There's a whole lot of changes that were made today, all with the long-term fight for map users and their ad-viewing eyeballs in mind we're sure. Today's changes are great, though. more about "Google Maps and Street View Undergo A...", posted with vodpod

Google has introduced ‘PegMan’ to enhance the users interactive experience with StreetView and GoogleMaps. Users can now drag ‘PegMan’ from his resting pillar in the top left of the GoogleMap page and drop him over any streets that light up blue. Hovering over the street provides a StreetView for that location and when PegMan lands, the [...]