711 The headquarters of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Pacific Park Plaza, at 711 Kapi'olani Blvd. in Honolulu from the Cooke-Kawaiana'o streets corner.

By T. Ilihia Gionson / Ka Wai Ola Loa

We've all played with Google Maps' satellite view, looking for your house, my house, our cousin's aunty's friend's house, and so on. But now comes a new dimension of maha'oi: Google Street View.

Cars with large camera rigs on top drive along streets taking pictures all along, which are later combined into a panorama. As a result of that work, you can search for an address on Google Maps or in Google Earth and take a look at the area as it appears from the street – sightseeing without leaving your chair.

Kukaniloko The entrance to Kūkaniloko, the site of the ali'i birthing stones in Wahiawā, O'ahu at the intersection of Kamehameha Hwy. and Whitmore Ave.

On Google Maps, an orange man will appear above the zoom bar if Street View is available. Drag the orange man onto a street that you'd like to check out. In the Google Earth app, zoom in to an area. If camera icons appear along a street, double click to see Street View.

Yellow man The yellow man icon in the zoom bar means that Street View is available. Drag the man onto the street to switch views.

Street View camera icons Click on the camera icons to switch to street view.

There's lots to explore in Street View. I found my childhood house in 'Ewa Beach – it sure looks different now, but then again, all of 'Ewa looks pretty different these days. My friend's dad is famous now – he was closing the gate as the camera car passed their house in Wai'anae. Some stuff requires more careful examination – from Front Street in Lahaina, you can see the pu'u at Moku'ula if you zoom in between the electric box and the lua. And the camera car even braved the narrow, winding road around the top of Maui to Kahakuloa – a road that I have yet to drive myself.

I've included some wahi pana and other sites here. Go look and see what you can see on Google Street View, and email any cool wahi pana you find to us at kwo@oha.org.

Kukaniloko The entrance to Kūkaniloko, the site of the ali'i birthing stones in Wahiawā, O'ahu at the intersection of Kamehameha Hwy. and Whitmore Ave.

Mokauea In the distance, Mokauea Island, the last Hawaiian fishing village on O'ahu, as seen from Lagoon Drive near the Honolulu International Airport.

Mokuula Tucked away between the lua and the electrical box, a pu'u at Moku'ula, a sacred site in Lahaina, Maui that was covered and is now a park with baseball fields and tennis courts. As seen from Front St.

Palace 'Iolani Palace as seen from King St. in Honolulu.

Top of Maui A vista from Honoapi'ilani Hwy., near the northernmost point on Maui.