I'm digging this street view on Google Maps.  My parents want to rent a place out here for a couple of months next year, and they asked me to drive by one place to check it out.  Typed the address into Google Maps and...bam!  Why drive by when I can send them the link to check it out themselves.  Awesome.
Plus, they can now see how much better some other places are than that one.  It's less expensive - for a reason.  It's not the quietest or nicest area, for sure.
I'm still trying to talk them into just staying at my place, at least for part of the time.