Google Street View

I just tried out the new Google Streetview feature. I was awed. Sometime back while giving directions to a group of friends I was struggling through explaning all the detours because of all the construction work that is going around. It became quite obvious that the plan view of street maps had its limitiations. After all we don't drive using the plan view. I was wondering - how nice if we had an elevation view in road maps - which showed buldings and landmarks - just the view we get while we drive. I thought about going around taking pictures from the nearest subway stop to my apartment which will be a good half a dozen pics for a 5 minute walk. I cannot imagine that Google has actually ventured to implement this. It is available for some cities now. But to step out in that direction is all about thinking huge and considering it is all in the art of the possible. Remarkable!