Feb 17 2010
Travel in Canada
Google gives the opportunity to visit the slopes by using “Street View”. An interactive way to get up close during the Winter Olympics, Street View was introduced in 2007 and provides, according to Wikipedia, 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic views from a row of positions along the street (one every approximately 10 or 20 metres) for many streets in the world, from a height of about 2.5 metres.
Using the link, Google Maps, Street View and clicking the ski slopes link, I was able to visit the actual ski slopes in Vancouver! Talk about feeling as if I was actually there. It was exhilarating. You should try it. Using cameras attached to snowmobiles and other vehicles, the folks at Street View are able to give us an exciting experience. You don’t need a parka and you don’t need gloves. With a click of your mouse you are there! Who needs expensive Vancouver or Toronto hotels? You can pretend to be Matt Lauer or Meredith Vieira! See the same view down the mountain that the Olympic hopefuls experience.
2 Responses to “Travel in Canada”
That’s cool, I guess it would be handy for mapping out place in perma-frost too.. people wouldn’t know what you were doing though, that’s for sure!
Now, that does look like the fun way to get around. The Google view is really like being there…well almost!!
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