Oh. My. God. This has got to be the coolest thing I have ever seen on Google Maps by far. Google has now integrated street-level panoramic views of practically every street in 5 U.S. cities: New York, San Francisco, Miami, Denver, and Las Vegas. The photos only require a flash player, is zoomable, pannable 360°, and it’s interactive! You could practically do a virtual drive around these cities! It’s almost as good as being there.

Head on over to the blog post at Google Maps Mania or at Google Earth Blog to learn more about this. Or if you want a taste of things, check out the video of this feature by Google.

This totally trumps a similar feature by Microsoft Live in terms of slickness and amount of data. And Microsoft’s cherished bird’s eye view now seems to be obsolete.

Go Google!