Google Street View Arrive in Taiwan

Google’s effort to photograph every corner of the world, known as the Google Street View, is to reach the United States and some European. Now, a number of countries are also included in the range, ie, Taiwan, Portugal, and Switzerland.

In addition, the Google Maps team announced that at this time they are collecting pictures of Self properties obtained with permission. So far, the image is successfully shoot Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Thunderhill Raceway Park, University of San Diego, California, and LegoLand.

Google also used the opportunity to further popularize ‘trike’, such a device in a vehicle such as a bicycle wheel is used to taking the three places that are difficult to reach.

“To be able development area with as many pedestrian campus, we use a new platform called trike, bicycle version of the model system in Street View. With the trike, we can reach the location of the car can not be reached. Trike a bit like a bicycle ice cream vendors, “said Google spokesperson as our quoted at Marshable site, 20 August 2009.

Trike uses the same camera system with a camera in the car, but transplant to trike. Trike first measuring 500lbs, and the latest version with a more svelte 300lbs. “The rider trike that we have, very pleased with the latest version of that,” said Google.

In Taiwan alone, Google has launched its Street View service on 18 August. The images in the way of Taipei City and other cities around the Taipei begin taken since December 2009, using a car designed around to a number of cities in Taiwan to take the picture.

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