Google Inc. today officially unveiled its new Street View service for Thailand, releasing online a vast collection of panoramic street-level images of the country. Reading this sparked my interest for two reasons. #1. As technology continues to expand, and Google continues to take over the planet, it is interesting to see countries adapt to and adopt the new technology. As far as business travel is concerned, this should make things a lot easier on foreign travelers unfamiliar with the territory. #2) We are going to Thailand, so once we get our itinerary (hopefully soon) we can maybe check out the street view just for fun. It will be interesting to see how some of these developing countries in Asia (such as Thailand and Cambodia) have adapted to technology.
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/03/23/googles-street-view-service-debuts-in-thailand/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=WSJ_SEA_Blog
Ben Rindlisbacher
Pretty awesome. Yes, Google is indeed taking over the world. Do you know, by chance, how many countries they have done the street view for? I'm pretty sure they don't have it available in Japan yet (or at least last time I checked a couple years ago).
ReplyDeleteExcept for them driving on the opposite side of the road, that street doesn't look too different from the ones you see in America. It is surprisingly developed to me.
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