Perhaps one of the more interesting features to come out of the Googleplex is the Google Street View, a feature of Google Earth and Google Maps that allows people to check out the actual streets of certain cities and landmarks. Right now, the countries that have these are the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and much of Western Europe.
How are these shots taken? They couldn't've been taken through satellites, right? Well, they were actually taken through a fleet of cars that roam the streets of these metropolitan areas. The only issue is that a lot of areas that cannot be accessed by cars are not shot.
Another issue to think about is that the coverage of street view are limited to large metropolitan areas. What if you want to find out how to get to a certain landmark faraway? What if what you want to see is a location like inside a university, or even inside a theme park? A car surely cannot enter the vicinites of those places, right?
Well, lo and behold, The Big G has also introduced the Street View Trike, which will allow you to take a glimpse of the places not covered by the cars. When the Trike was first rolled out in the United Kingdom, a virtual suggestion box was set up to find out what the Englishmen want to see, and the most-voted locations turned out to be the Stonehenge and Warwick Castle.
Now, the service has been rolled out in the US. I wonder what creative spots can Americans think of. Personally, I would put my vote for the Grand Canyon. That would be a majestic sight to see in the supposed "Street" View.
More importantly, I wonder when Street View will be available for the Philippines. Probably not in a long while, I suppose. Bigger countries like China and India have not been included in the list themselves. I hope our country representative to Google is reading this haha. A miracle might come.
