Video: Google Street View Snowmobile in Action

Google Street View Takes in Whistler Blackcomb Mountains Pre Winter Olympics

Just on the cusp of the Winter 2010 Olympics kicking off this weekend, Google have acted to ‘bring this view of the world’ to the masses courtesy of its Google Maps application (specifically the Google Maps Street View feature) by employing a snowmobile (see video below) kitted out with the necessary cameras to bring what they term as ‘slope-level imagery of several runs on Whistler Blackcomb Mountains.’

According to the Official Google Blog:

‘This imagery and many other tools are now ready to ride on our new website with information about the Games, available in 40 languages. We’ve combined up-to-date medal counts, news, event results and event schedules with rich visuals: 3D models and Street View imagery of the competition venues, plus new aerial imagery of the Vancouver-Whistler area. It’s all in an iGoogle gadget, too. The site also connects you with real-time search results for the Games, local experts’ Favourite Places and a special Picasa Web Albums gallery of featured photos from Vancouver — some submitted by users and others from Google News.’

For those that aren’t lucky enough to be able to make the Winter 2010 Olympics in person (that includes me, alas) the new website is about as close you can get to actually being there and is assessable now by directing your browser here.

Credit: Source.
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