Many people turn to StreetView on a daily basis to check out the location of an appointment, hotel they have booked or confirm a location. Another option is to snoop on where a person lives, or to check on a childhood location which they haven't visited for a while...
Google Street View may offer us a short-term escape as we perhaps explore (un)familiar places which are far away...
The New Yorker piece has some interesting ideas which would be relevant to the classroom. One person who is mentioned is Nick Nicholaou, a London-based developer, who built a site called MapCrunch ten years ago.
I've used this for about that long in sessions with teachers and also in my teaching, and it allows for random street views, or views within a particular country or area chosen on the map. It also mentions games / challenges such as the MapCrunch Airport Game.
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