Google takes a walk on the wild side in Mongolia
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AFTER recording images of towns and cities across the world, Google’s Street View service yesterday launched in a less likely location — the vast, sparsely populated Asian country of Mongolia.
The United States tech giant used a horse-drawn sled to carry its image capturing camera to remote locations including Lake Khovsgol, Asia’s second-largest body of fresh water.
To capture rugged mountains near the Gobi desert, a local operator carried the camera in a backpack, Google said as it launched the service in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator.
At the event held jointly with government officials, the California-based firm unveiled digital representations of 5,500 kilometers of road.
“Google hopes that bringing Street View to Mongolia will raise awareness of the country as an emerging destination for visitors around the world, and support the country’s economic growth,” said representative Susan Pointer.
Slightly larger than a basketball, Google’s camera contains 15 individual fixed-focus lenses that simultaneously capture a 360-degree image roughly every 3 meters.
Local officials said they welcomed the opportunity to preserve vanishing traces of Mongolia’s traditional nomadic culture and boost tourism.
With a population of only 3 million and a territory over twice the size of France, Mongolia is the least densely populated country in the world.
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