Google Street View: Kew Gardens Edition
By Chris Lo • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: News
Do you hate having to leave the heated sanctuary of your home to experience London’s most famous landmarks? Good news, troglodytes! Google has swept down from on high to save us all from the tyranny of outdoor activities.
As of yesterday, web surfers will be able to run amok amidst the world’s largest collection of living plants at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, using the just-launched Google Street View of the site. The web giant sent its photo-trike around the Gardens and spent months stitching the photographs together to create a 360-degree tour.
Mike Saunders told the Evening Standard: ”Google actually only spent an hour and a half here, but luckily it was a very nice day, so the gardens look amazing – you can see bluebells, palm trees and everything is blossoming. We think the service will be invaluable for people planning a visit as you can get a real sense of what we have here.”
Kew Gardens is one of a host of British attractions that has recently been scanned by Google’s vigilant digi-eyes, including Stonehenge, Warwick Castle and the Angel of the North.
Check out the immaculately photographed Gardens here. But do stuff in real life too; that can be fun when it’s not raining.
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