Technically brilliant time-waster - and potentially heaps of travel-related fun - with a new service which has essentially stitched together Google Streetview images and added speed into the equation.
Hyperlapse is the brainchild of Canada-based digital design company Teehan+Lax and works by puling together any existing Streetview sequence into what is essentially a movie between two points at around 60 frames per second.
It is a bit of a work in progress at the moment (but the documentation is available for developers on GitHub), but users can select any two points on the earth, where Google's weird-looking camera vans have captured footage, and Hyperlapse does the rest.
The really smart element is allowing the user to select a pivot point on the map for where the Streetview camera will remain fixed during the ride between point A and B.
Nothing illustrates it better than this clip: