Street View

I've been using google map for a long time but now street view is just as important. I always prefer google map to other map services because it's more accurate. I'm bad with representative maps that don't show every small road, cos I can't map it into my mental representation of the route. Street view is for me much more intuitive - i will trace the map to the place i want to go, and actually walk through it in street view. the result is pretty amazing - i actually have a memory of the route before I have ever been there, and walking the route for the first time actually feels "familiar", just because I have the images preloaded into my mind.