Web users have been able to get driving directions from a variety of sources like google maps, yahoo maps, mapquest etc, Now Google Maps provides walking directions in major cities.
If you want to walk from your apartment to a restaurant nearby, Google maps will show you the route with turn-by-turn directions. Currently this service is available in in major cities and it is in beta, go to maps.google.com and look for the walking link.
Using street views you can see the snapshoot of the street you have to walk… Check the sample address here here.