Google Maps introduced Street View a year or so ago and they have been busily mapping out the major metro areas of the US since. Well, now that they have a lot of the US covered, they've been working on the rest of the world. I just took a virtual walk through Rome and it feels like I was really there. Kind of. I guess the next step is going to be to make the images move. But check this out.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hhaTg03kiU0/STBh7fHaBBI/AAAAAAAAECA/TrlSgZYpK94/s400/clip_image002.jpg)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hhaTg03kiU0/STBh7JUBSRI/AAAAAAAAEB4/kmUYlZLECHw/s400/clip_image003.jpg)
Here's the Piazza Barberini, and I'm standing directly across the piazza from the Via della Purificazione. I left my heart halfway up that street... Anyhow, these images are so clear I feel like I could walk over and wash my feet in Bernini's Triton in the center of the piazza.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hhaTg03kiU0/STBh68JNPUI/AAAAAAAAEBw/hSzL-27BN6Y/s400/clip_image004.jpg)
This is the entrance to the Villa Borghese at the top of the Via Veneto. The only thing missing is the sound of the car horns and the buzzing scooters.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hhaTg03kiU0/STBh6v7OcPI/AAAAAAAAEBo/t7E5XMinzfQ/s400/clip_image005.jpg)
And here's looking across the Piazza Rotunda at my beloved Pantheon. I still can't get over this thing. Got some time to kill this weekend? Get thee to Google Maps!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Talk to me!