For stalkers and real estate buffs and investors this is a great tool. Since they only show the best angles in real esate ads or listings by using Google maps with street view you can often see if that "perfect house" is right next door to a hog farm or crack house. That saves you a drive out to look at it. But be aware that once they take the pictures it will be a long time before they update them. So if the house next door burns to the ground it will be seen with steet view for quite some time after the fire.
But it is a great piece of tech, no?
Bill