Google expands Street View across 80 percent of Spain

Google expands Street View across 80 percent of Spain
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By h.b. - Nov 11, 2009 - 9:42 AM

An example of Street View near the Alhambra in Granada

It's now possible to make a virtual visit to many monuments across the country

Google’s street view program which allows users to see streets and monuments in 360 degrees on their computers and mobile phones has been expanded across new areas of the country.

New areas including the Costa del Sol, Costa Cálida and Costa Blanca, have been added to the system giving almost 80% coverage of the country, and the expansion has put Spain second in the world for most street view coverage.

Special attention has been given to the monuments in Spain and now you can walk along the Camino de Santiago, and make a virtual visit to the Alhambra in Granada, the Mosque in Córdoba, Toledo Cathedral, the Aqueduct in Segovia, or the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.

Given access problems in many areas, the company has been using tricycles to record the three dimensional images.

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