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Title: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: bandit957 on May 02, 2017, 10:00:25 PM
Today, Google Street View removed the arrows from the streets that let you navigate.

Now it's completely useless, a husk.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: sbeaver44 on May 02, 2017, 10:02:31 PM
What would be the point in removing this?  Going out of their way to fix a non-issue?

Nexus 6P

Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: silverback1065 on May 02, 2017, 10:02:32 PM
I thought there was something wrong. They need to stop fucking with it

Nexus 6P

Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: DeaconG on May 02, 2017, 10:23:02 PM
Just checked on Google Maps and the navigation arrows are there.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: oscar on May 02, 2017, 10:39:33 PM
They're still there on some images and not others. The ones where they're missing might be very recent imagery, though I haven't used it enough to be sure that's what's going on.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: freebrickproductions on May 02, 2017, 10:44:38 PM
Quote from: oscar on May 02, 2017, 10:39:33 PM
They're still there on some images and not others. The ones where they're missing might be very recent imagery, though I haven't used it enough to be sure that's what's going on.
It happens on older imagery as well, I've noticed.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: jakeroot on May 03, 2017, 01:37:51 AM
The click-anywhere-to-advance feature has been on-and-off for me as well. I suspect this is a cock-up on Google's end, and will be fixed shortly.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: doorknob60 on May 03, 2017, 02:10:20 AM
I think it's a bug. Usually when this happens, I click somewhere else nearby on the map, and then the click to advance arrows work fine from there.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: MNHighwayMan on May 03, 2017, 06:11:13 AM
Are we talking about GSV in Google Maps (in browser) or in Google Earth (the separate program)? For quite a while now the latter has been mediocre to useless at best, and doesn't have any option to view historical imagery. The Maps version still works more than well enough for me (no issues navigating and can view any of the older images they have).
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: froggie on May 03, 2017, 07:28:47 AM
^ Google Maps.  I've also noticed it as an intermittent issue.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: kphoger on May 03, 2017, 12:36:54 PM
Quote from: froggie on May 03, 2017, 07:28:47 AM
I've also noticed it as an intermittent issue.

Yes, this.  Exiting street view and going back in almost always gets it to work.  Sometimes clicking on a nearby location in the small view panel gets it to start working, sometimes it still doesn't.  Annoying.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: johndoe on May 03, 2017, 07:17:08 PM
My "favorite" new feature is the street view done at night.  I cannot imagine why this would be of use to anyone.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: Roadgeekteen on May 03, 2017, 08:53:28 PM
The arrows are still there.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: jakeroot on May 04, 2017, 01:40:41 AM
Quote from: johndoe on May 03, 2017, 07:17:08 PM
My "favorite" new feature is the street view done at night.  I cannot imagine why this would be of use to anyone.

I don't think Google intentionally uploaded night-time imagery. I run across it from time to time. Never seems to be for more than a few frames.

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 03, 2017, 08:53:28 PM
The arrows are still there.

For some, the arrows come and go. Sometimes exiting and re-entering Street View brings them back.
Title: Re: Well, Google Street View is useless now
Post by: Rover_0 on May 04, 2017, 09:49:02 AM
I've had this issue, but I believe it's some kind of glitch. Still, it's very annoying.

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