iPhone Tobi on 02 Jan 2009 12:13 pm
Activate Google Street View on iPhone
I was very excited that google street view was announced the same time I bought my iPhone, alas I could not figure out how to use it.
Apple’s or Google’s websites offered no help, so it took some google searches to reveal how to do this (comment 3 here).
Basically, you have to drop a pin and tap it. If street view is available at that location, there will be a small red circle with a white person on the left hand side of the pin’s label. This also works with pins from search results.
Tap that icon and the screen will rotate into street view. A small circle indicates the street location and cone of view. It doubles as the exit from street view, which is cute, but not very intuitive.
Unfortunately, there appears to be no way of knowing where street view is available as there is in google maps on a computer. All you can do is drop a pin, tap it, and see if street view is offered. This can be misleading if you are at the border of a street view covered area, where just a small distance over it may or may not work.
on 30 Nov 2009 at 8:26 # John
Actually this works from your current location too. You don’t need to drop a pin.
on 03 Dec 2009 at 15:16 # Tobi
John, thanks for the tip. I wasn’t aware of that. -Toby
on 18 Dec 2009 at 5:55 # llama
Thanks John. Although from your current location you might want to take a look at the real world. It might even be faster than your 3G connexion, who knows?
on 08 Feb 2010 at 20:59 # Tobi
Good point! Sometimes the obvious does need to be pointed out…
on 12 Apr 2010 at 7:49 # Duke
Thanks for the tip I’ve seen that little guy before but just thought it was a picture not a button!