Hi,
in July there was an announcement on the german mailing list that a Google-Streetview competitor allows openstreetmap contributors to derive information from their photos. The company (panogate) currently offers only coverage of some german cities, but more is to come within the next months. Read more about it here:
http://osmbonnblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/google-streetview-competitor-supports.html
Best,
Stephan