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Monday, 15 February 2010

Google Trikes Make Their Way Round South Africa....and World Cup Stadiums!

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As we announced on this blog, the Google Street View trikes arrived in South Africa in November last year, when they started collecting imagery of historic landmarks, heritage sites, scenic panoramas and sports venues around the country. We teamed up with South African Tourism to compile a list of 20 special locations on which the public voted. As a result, our Street View team has been visiting the places that the South African public really wanted us to go, everywhere from Soweto to Kruger National Park, and from Blyde River Canyon to the Kirstenbosch Gardens.


Our trikers have been met with excitement from those they've crossed paths with along the way, including tourists who've said how useful they've found Street View for planning their holidays elsewhere. Street View is not always the first thing that comes to mind when seeing the Trikes though...in fact, in Kirstenbosch Gardens, a group of schoolchildren were convinced that the Trikers were actually ice-cream men!


Given the global excitement building around the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, the latest fantastic destinations that our three-wheeled, pedal-powered Trikes have visited include some of the new football stadiums themselves. You can see the Trike in action at the brand new Moses Mabhida Stadium below.



After these images have been collected and processed, we can't wait to show off a full spectrum of South Africa's urban and outdoor landscapes to people all around the world via Google Maps and Street View. Even if you may not be able to watch your favourite team in person, the World Cup stadiums will only be a click away!

Posted by Julie Taylor, Communications, Google South Africa

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Les tricycles Google font leur chemin en Afrique du Sud... et dans les stades de la Coupe du monde !

Comme nous l’avons annoncé sur ce blog, les tricycles Google Street View sont arrivés en Afrique du Sud en novembre dernier, pour collecter des images des lieux chargés d’histoire, du patrimoine, des sites panoramiques et des infrastructures sportives du pays. Nous avons fait équipe avec l’Office de tourisme sud-africain pour établir une liste de 20 sites remarquables pour lesquels le public avait voté. Résultat, notre équipe Street View s'est rendue sur les lieux véritablement plébiscités par la population sud-africaine - de Soweto au Parc national Kruger, et du Blyde River Canyon au Jardin de Kirstenbosch.

Nos « tricyclistes » ont été accueillis avec enthousiasme par ceux qu’ils ont croisés, y compris par les touristes qui ont indiqué combien Street View leur avait été utile pour programmer leurs vacances. Street View n’est pas la première chose qui vient à l’esprit lorsque l’on croise les tricycles... Dans le jardin de Kirstenbosch, un groupe d’écoliers les a pris pour des vendeurs de glaces !!

Compte tenu de l’effervescence générale autour de la Coupe du monde FIFA 2010™, nos valeureux cyclistes ne pouvaient faire l’impasse sur les nouveaux stades construits pour l’événement. Vous pouvez les admirer, à l'œuvre dans le nouveau stade Moses Mabhida, sur YouTube.

Une fois les images recueillies et traitées, plus question d’attendre pour faire découvrir au monde entier les villes et paysages d’Afrique du Sud via Google Maps et Street View. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à voir votre équipe préférée, les stades de la Coupe du monde sont à portée de clic !

Posté par Julie Taylor, Communications, Google Afrique du Sud
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