Google has added Singapore most iconic sites into Street View. Now, you can see Singapore Flyer, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and etc on Street View. More information and full list of the sites after the break.
Explore Singapore’s Most Iconic Sites on Google Street View
Singapore – November 2, 2011. Today Google launches a brand new set of 360-degree panoramic views of Singapore’s most iconic sites, including the Singapore Flyer, Haw Par Villa, Fort Canning Park, One Fullerton and the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
Many of these sites, including hidden gems like Kampong Buangkok and Kampong Glam, were chosen by Singaporeans in a poll, jointly organized with the Singapore Tourism Board, of which spots they wanted to see on Street View.
Street View provides 360-degree street-level images in Google Maps to allow users to view and navigate through historic buildings, parks and gardens. In areas where Street View is available, you can see the images on Google Maps (on a PC or an Internet-enabled mobile) by zooming into the lowest level, or by dragging the orange “Pegman” icon on the left-hand side of the map onto a blue highlighted street.
Google first launched Street View in Singapore in 2008, and since then we have been working to keep the imagery fresh and add new places.
The new images, collected by a Street View trike, allow a viewer to intimately explore the nooks and crannies of popular Singaporean spots. The trike is a mechanical masterpiece comprising three bicycle wheels, a mounted Street View camera, and a specially decorated box containing image-collecting gadgetry. It has the same capability as the Street View cars for collecting street-level imagery but is specially designed to help Google go to places less accessible by cars, such as historic landmarks and coastal paths. Learn more about the Trike at http://maps.google.com/intl/
Google has gone to lengths to safeguard privacy while allowing all Singaporean users to benefit from this feature. Street View only contains imagery that is already visible from public roads. And in the case of the partner program collections, we have permission from the landmark to drive and collect imagery. Street View also uses technology that blurs both faces and licence plates. In addition, any user can easily flag images for removal that he or she considers inappropriate by clicking on “Report a problem.”
Street View first launched in 2007 and is currently available in more than 30 countries and 100 metropolitan areas worldwide, including large areas of the U.S., Australia, Japan, France, Italy and Spain.
The new images feature the following Singaporean favorites:
- Admiralty Park
- Albert Street
- Bedok Town Park
- Changi Beach Park
- Dairy Farm Nature Park
- East Coast Park
- Esplanade Park
- Fort Canning Park
- Haw Par Villa
- Holland Village
- Kampong Glam
- Labrador Nature Reserve
- Lower Seletar Reservoir Park
- Nanyang Polytechnic
- One Fullerton Singapore
- Kampong Buangkok
- Sengkang Riverside Park
- Singapore Flyer
- Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
- Temasek Polytechnic
- Upper Seletar Reservoir Park
- Yishun Park
To learn more about Street View, visit http://maps.google.com/intl/
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