Windows Live Local street-side imaging in Buffalo

I spotted this truck the other day at Mighty Taco on Sheridan and snapped a very poor photo of it with my Treo (lighting was on the wrong side, sorry).

I forgot all about it until I saw this topic come up on Buffalo Issue Alerts. The idea is that in addition to satellite and their “birds-eye” views, you’ll now also have the view right from the street. Very cool! You can read more about it or see a preview. I especially liked driving the wrong way down one-way streets. They only have Seattle and San Francisco so far in the preview, and I haven’t been to either city, but it’s still interesting. This will be very useful when you want to take a virtual drive somewhere to see where you’re going ahead of time!