Google has unveiled its Street View for the Winter Olympics that begin this Friday in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
The Street View gallery covers the venues for many of the events at the Winter Olympics, ranging from cross-country skiing to the luge to, er, curling. Users can find the sites on Google maps at the click of a button.
Rather than using the Google car or bicycle equipped with a camera, for this the team used a special snowmobile. The collaboration between Google and the Olympics committee was announced last November.
See Vancouver, too
According to newspaper reports, the virtual tour originally planned to include the Olympic Village, but to date that footage hasn't appeared. That might change before the opening ceremony, however, as Google says its vehicles are currently in the area.
The Olympics site is just north of Vancouver, and those eager to check out Canada's only West Coast city can also enjoy the delights of Gastown, Downtown East Side, English Bay and more on Street View, for the kind of expanded Olympics experience the athletes will have during their down time.
Google launched Street View in 2007 and is currently in 25 counties.
Via The Register
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ivision4u
February 10th 2010
1. I would like to share an alternate skiing experience for the Olympics with the world. ‘The Virtual Whistler Olympic Blog’; created to provide visitors the ability to explore whistler virtually. Ski the Men’s Downhill Course or walk through the village remotely. Take the time to post your experiences and we will try to place your comments, photos and videos into the virtual environment for others to experience. Guest Posting and Linking to other relevant blogs welcome. http://blog.virtualwhistler.com
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