Google Maps Street View – now in the UK
So, today, Google has launched its Google Maps Street View in 25 cities across the UK.
If you don’t even know what Street View is, watch the following YouTube video:
| Use Street View to: | |
| View street level photographs | |
| Take virtual walks; pan, rotate and zoom through cities around the world | |
| Find shops, restaurants, parks, hotels and more | |
Google has launched Street View in the following 25 cities in the UK:
Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Oxford, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Southampton, Swansea, York.
It allows you to view 360 degree images of most of the city! Quite exciting really… great for having a look around somewhere before you go!
For example, the following is the street view at the University of York, have a look around!
For more information, check out the BBC article at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7952317.stm