It looks like Google are extending their Street map service to include famous landmarks which aren’t easily accessible directly from the road.
There will always be privacy whingers, but I think the reality these days is that if you go out in public, you are always going to be photographed by something, and Google Street view has to be a lot more open about the information it divulges, compared to all those CCTV cameras that are always watching us from on high.
Getting in this close could enable virtual tours of all kinds of different buildings, but the question I have to ask is — with so much viewing technology available on the Internet, will people just want to stay at home and stare at their computer screens, or will people be more encouraged to actually go out and see things for real?