Use Google Street View to Verify Information
Google Street View is a great resource that can be used for a number of different purposes (e.g. travel planning).
While legal research is not really something normally associated with Street View, I’ve used it to confirm whether an address really exists and, if if it exists, what kind of address it is. For example, when it says “suite 270” in an address, is there really a suite with that number or is it the number of a PO Box?
The ability to go back in time on Street View is also helpful. At the bottom right of the screen Street View indicates when the picture was taken; since you can jump back in time and look at earlier pictures of a location (assuming these pictures exist) this can allow you to see what business was at an address at a given time or if there were changes to a specific address, e.g. 2024 versus 2020 versus 2009.
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