Now you can have maps that don't just have satellite views: Microsoft's Virtual Earth now lets you walk or drive around the streets and see a street-level view at http://preview.local.live.com/.
You can explore street-side views by "driving" (with your mouse or with the arrow keys on your keyboard) our "Sports Car" or "Race Car" along streets in the map or you can also "Walk" along the street. When the car is on a street that has street-side images, the car headlights turn on and you can view the front, right, and left views through the car windows above. When there are no available views, a "no view" screen is displayed. Simply drag (or "drive" with keystrokes) the car to a different place to continue browsing.
As long as you don't try to drive too fast!
According to The Road to Know Where blog, the "technology preview" uses Facet Technology's Street-Level Imagery from San Francisco and Seattle. Facet's database now has over 700 million high resolution images.
