Google Street View Visits Yosemite
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GOOGLE STREET VIEW VISITS YOSEMITE
David
Randomcuriosity.com
1 April 2008
According to the Google Lat Long Blog (the official blog of Google Earth and Maps), one can now see Yosemite National Park in Street View. Besides covering the valley, they photographed Highway 140, Highway 120 (from just west of Crane Flat to Tioga Lake), Wawona Road (Hwy 41), and Glacier Point Road (stopping short of Badger Pass).
I did some virtual sightseeing and here are eight Street View gems I found…
http://randomcuriosity.com/journal/archives/001451.html
Admittedly, it doesn’t beat visiting the place in person (like we did this weekend), but it works in a pinch (you know, when one just needs to get away, but can’t actually get away).
Now that I think about it, I wonder how much trouble it would be to strap one of these Street View cameras to a hiker and have him or her climb Half Dome. If Google did that, tourists could virtually hike it from the comfort of their computers, thereby reducing the crowd of real people trying to reach the top.
I love Google street view. I’m gonna go check it out for Yosemite. Your site is nice too.
Comment by Trey — April 13, 2008 @ 9:11 am
@Trey
I really like Google Street View too
It’s really an awesome program
Comment by admin — April 15, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
Your description of the ongoing changes to give visitors easier access and a better view of the park encourage me to want to plan a vacation there.
Comment by Cangel — April 16, 2008 @ 6:40 am
Google earth never ceases to amaze me. The Yosimite pictures are amazing. I hope to see it in person someday.
Comment by Shelly — April 21, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
I found this to be very informative and interesting. I will be using Google Street View. Thanks for the information.
Thomas
Comment by Thomas — April 22, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
This was very informative on what Google has to offer. But i just hope that people will go out and see the park in person rather than over the internet.
Comment by Charlesa — May 6, 2008 @ 8:13 am
@Charlesa jeez, I hadn’t thought of that. I hope you are right. People need to see the park in person. There is just nothing,anywhere to compare to Yosemite.
Comment by admin — May 6, 2008 @ 3:33 pm