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Ali TariQ
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Google StreetView has been given a new website, which gives more of
an insight into how the technology works and just how much of the world
has been pictured by the Google car, trike and snowmobile.
The
website states: "Explore the world at street level" and shows off
highlights of the seven continents that have been visually mapped by
StreetView.
Most importantly though, we finally get a little history on the eponymous Pegman.
So,
how did he get his name? Well, according to Google: "Pegman's name
comes from the fact that he is shaped like a clothes peg."
Er, okay, maybe the history of Pegman isn't that riveting.
Street talk
But we do also get some insight into the transport used by Google.
According
to the site, the car was first: "When we first started Street View as
an experimental project, we packed several computers into the back of
an SUV, stuck cameras, lasers, and a GPS device on top."
The
StreetView trike was second: "One day while mountain biking, Mechanical
Engineer Dan Ratner realized he could combine his favourite hobby with
StreetView to explore new places."
And the snowmobile is the
latest vehicle: "In typical Google fashion, [our snowmobile] was put
together over the course of a few weekends using some 2x4s, duct tape,
and extra hard drives wrapped in ski jackets to last through the
freezing conditions."
Google StreetView may be primed for the privacy police to pick apart, but we have to admit that its new website is a decent sneak peek through the Google curtain.
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