Of the 10 online mapping tools mentioned by the HotelClub Travel Blog, I find Google Maps to be the most interesting as far as street view is concerned. Although MultiMap from Microsoft Live Search provides bird’s eye and aerial views for most of Europe and the US, it’s Google Street View that provides a detailed and useful view of a certain place (though it’s limited to US, France, Italy, Japan and Australia as of this writing). If you have a decent DSL connection (read: fast internet connection, I mean really fast!), just typing a complete address will take you to a leisurely tour across some of the interesting places in the US, boast your mansion at Malibu or simply finding what it looks like at your brother’s home in Austria. Amazing…