Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Google Street View arrives at the 50th country: Meet "findings" of the service - Techworld

navigation tool of search giant has just come to Hungary and Lesotho

Google Street View reaches 50 countries today with the launch of the service in Hungary and in Lesotho. Together, announces the expansion of coverage in Poland and Romania, among other locations worldwide.

According to Google, today’s update is the largest Street View so far, with the inclusion of new images to more than 560,000 kilometers of streets and roads of 14 countries. including France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore and Thailand.

Now you can make a virtual walk through the historic center of Budapest, on the Danube, the river that divides the city in two. See the building of the Hungarian Parliament and the famous Chain Bridge.

Größere Kartenansicht (Chain Bridge), Budapest

Other treasures that can be discovered in Hungary include the Széchenyi spa, the largest thermal bath complex in Europe, as well as the wonders of the Buda Castle.

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Lesotho, a territory surrounded by South Africa, is the only independent state that is fully a thousand feet or more above sea level. Explore images of mountains registered by our Street View cars, with winding roads and lakes.

Other findings include the Lesotho Evangelical Church, one of the oldest Protestant churches in Africa, founded in 1833 by missionaries Parisian architecture beyond traditional Nkesi, Maseru.

were also added special collections of some picturesque places using the technology of the Street View trike. For example, take a look at the Pena National Palace in Portugal, the Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, or the Castle of Kilkenny, Ireland.

a handful of U.S. cities to thousands of cities and towns around the world, Google has spent the last six years updating Google Maps for you. Antarctica to Australia, South Korea to South Africa, the snowy peaks of Everest to the Great Barrier Reef, you can browse more than 8 million miles in the world without leaving home.

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