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Google’s Street View Lands in the Philippines
Google has made the landmarks of the Philippines more accessible to people around the world via Google Street View. The Web giant announced on Tuesday via a blog post.
Google has begun capturing Street View imagery from around the capital of Manila, with an eventual expansion into the country’s more than 7,000 islands.
Google is using a backpack-attached Trekker camera to capture the full glory of historic churches and forts, including The San Agustin Church(the country’s oldest stone church), Baluarte de San Diego(one of the oldest stone fortifications in Intramuros), Plaza San Luis Complex(comprising a number of buildings showing various examples of Filipino-Spanish architecture), and Fort Santiago(built by the Spanish in the 16th century).
Google offered a preview of this service through 360-degree photos(see link below). The company is expected to roll out more imagery from the Philippines in the coming months.
Street View first started in the U.S. and has since been launched in dozens of countries, including neighboring Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore.
The video below offers a snapshot of the process.
View Fort Santiago
Source: cnet.com, digitaltrends.com
