One of my favorite features of Google maps is Streetview. It is has been particularly helpful when driving to new areas in Philadelphia. Type in the address and you can preview the neighborhood. This is no small thing when so much of the city is … not as fun to visit alone on a dark night.

Unfortunately, this feature is only available in “select locations.” No surprise that Fowler, Minkler, Kerman or anywhere in the central San Joaquin Valley don’t make the list.

However, Yosemite National Park does. Play the 360-degree rotational feature on Yosemite’s valley floor.

Google Map\'s Streetview of Valley floor