Street view in Google Maps is coming! Well, that is, if you believe Engadget, Mac Rumors and a plethora of gadget/tech sites around the tubes. Also being tossed into the mix are mass transit directions. Most people had their jaws drop to the floor with the whizzy bang feature of “compass view” on the T-Mobile/HTC/Google/Android/Super Rocking Alien Mothership G1, so it’s nice to see the iPhone keep in step and toss in a nifty (if slightly pointless) feature. What gets me really excited is mass transit directions. There are plenty of times when, coming out of a subway, I’ve gotten turned around topsy turvey as my reptillian eyes adjust to the harsh light of the outside world. It burns, I tells ya, it burns!

Oh, yeah, iPhoneYap [via Mac Rumors] has some screenshots if you want to check out things in further detail. One small step for augmented reality, one giant leap for me wasting even more time?

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