> The company's A9 search subsidiary is expected on Tuesday to launch a beta of A9.com Maps, which lets people see street-level photos of addresses and get driving directions.
In fact, Google's Street View was apparently launched a week after A9 shut down. ;P
> The schtick behind A9's take was to have vehicles driving around taking pictures of both sides of every major city street in the US. It looked promising (if a bit invasive), search for some business or other address and even get a photo of what the storefront looked like.