Google Street view taking up to depths of the Amazon

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It is hard to believe that Google's street view has been in use for over four years. More surprisingly perhaps, given the speed at which they are briefly discussed in the world of streets and alleyways that nowhere is left unmapped. But while their team successfully detected on the surface of most major cities and a number of other interesting areas, I believe he will not come as a surprise that the remote reaches of the Amazon is not subject to the lens.

They seek to change this, however, and are detailed in a blog post their plans on the street-Ize a large section of the River. This is done in collaboration with the sustainable Amazon Fund, a nonprofit working in the field.

To map the entire length of the Amazon and its tributaries and distributaries, so the work years, however, Google does not attempt to, just yet (although there are many spots to abandon Orange guy, if you're interested). At the moment they focus their efforts on a 50 km stretch of the Rio Negro, starting around Manaus, right about the images:

They also went down to the dirt in the small villages with the street view Trike, a comparison of all the time and a tripod, which they use to show business interiors give panoramic taste of village life. And how little parting shot of mercy, they will be leaving some equipment, probably some cameras and laptops to use FAS and locals. All this is some kind of advertising play for sustainability, not that there's anything wrong with that.

No word on when the project is completed, from what I read (travelogues from the 19th century, but still), these types of trips usually takes longer than expected, but you can see some photos of their work on the blog of Google.

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