Google Street View feature is celebrating 15 years of its entire existence.
To mark this milestone, they have shared 15 Street View collections, including three places the world’s has been searching recently, new collections and Street View images that make users want to explore the world more. The global landmarks include the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, followed by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the Taj Mahal in India.
For South Africa, they’ve shared what the citizens and tourists have been searching and looking at and well, the Mother City didn’t disappoint.
Out of ten top beaches that users have searched in the country, seven of them are in Cape Town with Boulders beach near Simon’s Town topping the list as the most searched beach in South Africa over the past year. It is followed by Hole In The Wall, Wild Coast, Kreeftebaai, Blouberg. Noordhoek, Diaz, Mnandi, and Monwabisi beaches also made it to the list.
Google stated: “Fifteen years ago, Street View began as a far-fetched idea from Google co-founder Larry Page to build a 360-degree map of the entire world. Fast forward to today: There are now over 220 billion Street View images from over 100 countries and territories — a new milestone — allowing people to fully experience what it’s like to be in these places right from their phone or computer.”
They added that they are also unveiling Street View’s newest camera, which will give users more ways to explore historical imagery. “This new camera takes all the power, resolution and processing capabilities that we’ve built into an entire Street View car, and shrinks it down into an ultra-transportable camera system that’s roughly the size of a house cat. But unlike house cats, it’s ready to be taken to remote islands, up to the tops of mountains or on a stroll through your local town square.
“We’re proud of the work we’ve done to capture so much of the world’s wonder, history and quirkiness in Street View. But we’d be remiss if we didn’t give a shout out to all of the Maps users around the world who have captured and shared their own Street View imagery,” they said.
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