Google has been doing a lot to make
Google Maps more about exploring the world, including places few will ever be
able to see with their own eyes. Today, the company announced that it has added more locations to
Maps, including Street View-style access to some of the highest peaks in the
world.
Via the official
Google Blog, the company revealed the introduction of new Street View features for some of Earth’s most celebrated mountains,
including Everest, Mount Elbrus, Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro. They belong to
the famous Seven Summits, an elite collection of the highest
mountains on each continent. You don’t even have to acclimatize to high
altitudes to check out these locations on Google Maps.
There’s a lot of detail in the
virtual tours you can take of these peaks, including images of base camps set
up by actual explorers. Google set out with a fisheye lens and lightweight
tripod to capture the images, and will be detailing the whole expedition in a Google+Hangout which is set to kick off at 10 AM PT today.
Google has been
doing a lot to build out some amazing views of the more remote corners of the
world, including its recent introduction of Street View tours of the Grand Canyon, Antarctica and other far-flung locations.
Google’s remote tourism is actually an incredibly cool way to attract eyeballs
to the Maps product, while helping the company build out an even more
comprehensive database than it already has. [Source]
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