Google’s Street View Debuts in Thailand
March 23rd, 2012
Google Street View seems to be on a roll. It has just become available in Poland and Google is also debuting it in Thailand, a bit earlier than scheduled.
Several big cities and tourist-frequented spots are featured. Google says it aims to show that Thailand has recovered after the floods that hit hard late last year.
Google was already working on bringing Street View to the country when the floods came and increased the efforts after them to get imagery online as soon as possible.
In a welcomed change to the norm, authorities in Thailand are actually welcoming the move not so much for its efforts to show that the country has recovered, but because Street View presents an unaltered view of what the place is like. This, authorities believe, will enable people to make up their own minds about the place something that will prove beneficial to tourism there.
March 23rd, 2012
Google Street View seems to be on a roll. It has just become available in Poland and Google is also debuting it in Thailand, a bit earlier than scheduled.
Several big cities and tourist-frequented spots are featured. Google says it aims to show that Thailand has recovered after the floods that hit hard late last year.
Google was already working on bringing Street View to the country when the floods came and increased the efforts after them to get imagery online as soon as possible.
In a welcomed change to the norm, authorities in Thailand are actually welcoming the move not so much for its efforts to show that the country has recovered, but because Street View presents an unaltered view of what the place is like. This, authorities believe, will enable people to make up their own minds about the place something that will prove beneficial to tourism there.