Virtually 'drive' a route with Google Streetview

Is it possible to enter a start:destination pair to Google and have it display the streetview to illustrate what it would look like to drive the route? It would nice if one could 'play' the route stop progress, rewind and replay.

I am asking because if I can see what the turnoffs look like from NYC's FDR, it could help me to avoid missing a turnoff on the route. If there is a better tool, I would appreciate and be interested in such a suggestion.

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Best Answer

Yes - though it's not as intuitive as it used to be.

If you enter your route, then click 'details', you'll get a list of steps, with a diagram of the junction - click this diagram and it'll give you a streetview image of the junction.

Click on the image and it'll take you to a full-screen view with a map underneath. You can click the white dots to take you to another junction.

Or use the 'back' arrow and repeat the previous step

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Can you virtually drive a route on Google Maps?

It's really easy to use: just type in your origin and destination locations and the tool puts together an animated video of the trip, flip-book style. You can even adjust the frames per second of the video to move faster or slower, and routes options are available for driving, bicycling, walking and public transit.

How do you drive a route on Google Street View?

Creating a Google Maps Street View Virtual Tour manually

On the Street View app, go to the Profile tab.

Select the photos you want to connect and tap on the upper right corner and select \u201cMove and connect photos.\u201d

On the next screen, you'll see all the photos on a map. ...

Tap on a line between photos to connect them.

How do I create a Street View virtual tour?

Plus, you can virtually walk around, look up, down and around, and zoom in on items of interest. Accessing Street View is easy: On a computer or Chromebook, grab the yellow \u201cpeg man\u201d in the bottom right corner of Google Maps (maps.google.com).

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