Views of the River Thames will appear on Google Street View for the first time joining sites like the South Pole and Grand Canyon.
It is the first river in the UK...
and Europe to be mapped by Google’s Street View technology, which provides 360-degree panoramic imagery to users across the world on Google Maps.
The news comes after the Port of London Authority (PLA) approached Google to map the iconic river to offer a new perspective of it to Internet users worldwide.
Google UK sent its Trekker camera - a 40lbs backpack with a 15-angle lens camera that takes 360-degree pictures every 2.5 seconds - down the river.
It was attached to the PLA’s hydrographic surveying vessel, Yantlet, which journeyed almost 30 miles up and down the river from Woolwich to Richmond.
The Trekker camera is designed to capture 360-degree imagery that the Street View car and Trike, a tricycle-based camera system, can’t typically reach, such as narrow pathways and now waterways.
Google first used the technology to capture images of the Grand Canyon, and recently started capturing the extensive canal network across the UK.
Ed Parsons, Geospatial technologist at Google UK, said: “The Thames is the central tributary that Londoners like myself and tourists like to navigate by.
"The river also offers some of the most scenic and iconic views of London from arguably the best vantage points the city has to offer, and we are thrilled to be able to work with the PLA so that users from around the world can experience the Thames through Street View.”
John Pinder, the PLA’s port hydrographer, said: “It’s great that people across the world will now be able to take a virtual journey down the Thames, enjoying a unique perspective of London.
"The River Thames now has a place alongside some of the world’s most famous locations on Street View and we’re proud it is the first river in Europe to be mapped using the technology.”
Street View includes 360-degree panoramic views from more than 3,000 cities across 53 countries including parts of the Arctic and Antarctica with users from across the world viewing Street View imagery millions of times every day.
Views of the River Thames will appear on Google Street View for the first time joining sites like the South Pole and Grand Canyon.
It is the first river in the UK...
and Europe to be mapped by Google’s Street View technology, which provides 360-degree panoramic imagery to users across the world on Google Maps.
The news comes after the Port of London Authority (PLA) approached Google to map the iconic river to offer a new perspective of it to Internet users worldwide.
Google UK sent its Trekker camera - a 40lbs backpack with a 15-angle lens camera that takes 360-degree pictures every 2.5 seconds - down the river.
It was attached to the PLA’s hydrographic surveying vessel, Yantlet, which journeyed almost 30 miles up and down the river from Woolwich to Richmond.
The Trekker camera is designed to capture 360-degree imagery that the Street View car and Trike, a tricycle-based camera system, can’t typically reach, such as narrow pathways and now waterways.
Google first used the technology to capture images of the Grand Canyon, and recently started capturing the extensive canal network across the UK.
Ed Parsons, Geospatial technologist at Google UK, said: “The Thames is the central tributary that Londoners like myself and tourists like to navigate by.
"The river also offers some of the most scenic and iconic views of London from arguably the best vantage points the city has to offer, and we are thrilled to be able to work with the PLA so that users from around the world can experience the Thames through Street View.”
John Pinder, the PLA’s port hydrographer, said: “It’s great that people across the world will now be able to take a virtual journey down the Thames, enjoying a unique perspective of London.
"The River Thames now has a place alongside some of the world’s most famous locations on Street View and we’re proud it is the first river in Europe to be mapped using the technology.”
Street View includes 360-degree panoramic views from more than 3,000 cities across 53 countries including parts of the Arctic and Antarctica with users from across the world viewing Street View imagery millions of times every day.
Source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10405516/River-Thames-will-join-Google-Street-View.html
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