TAG | Go ogle the Aussie Street View at Google Maps for yourself! |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 05 August 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 The service seems quite easy to use. Simply enter in the address of a location you wish to view in Google Maps Australia, and then click on the "Street View" button.The massive photographic effort for Australia follows on from over 50 US cities and the route of the 2008 Tour De France already in the system, but given the extremely wide road network coverage of Street View in Australia, Google says that “Australia is one of the very first countries explorable via Street View on Google Maps.” Andrew Foster, Product Manager at Google Australia, commented: "Google Maps has its origins as an Australian invention so we're thrilled to bring Street View here as one of the first countries in the world.” Foster continued: “A lot of remote and regional Australia is now available to explore virtually - Tom Price, Gundagai, Longreach, Esperance, and so much more. Street View will allow people to visit places in Australia they may not have had a chance to experience before. "Google Maps and Google Earth are incredibly popular with Australians and are used by Governments, businesses and individuals as essential and informative tools every day of the week. “Street View provides an added experience by enabling users to see street-level panoramas of Australia's public roads, including dusty outback highways, tropical northern beach roads and major city arteries". Google has worked with Tourism Australia which has “selected a gallery of Street View images that showcases some of Australia's best tourist attractions and locations to the world. Many other Australian organisations have already identified significant opportunities for Street View to be used in travel, tourism, house buying and renting, education and helping make small businesses easier to find.” Tourism Australia Managing Director, Mr Geoff Buckley said "Travellers to Australia often have a high awareness of Australia as a country but are interested in learning as much as they can about us before they come. Our target market, who we call Experience Seekers, are interested in connecting with our people, lifestyle and environment and want to experience the best that a destination has to offer. “Street View will offer them a whole new way to research Australia as a holiday destination and will help them plan their trips by taking in-depth virtual tours – not only of our cities but of many regional areas and places off the beaten track. Street View is going to make Australia more accessible by giving people a glimpse of what we have to offer and it will be just the start of the journey of discovery”, concluded Buckley. Continued on page 3. |
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