Google’s Street View has crossed the pond and is winding its way down France’s streets.
Although the coverage is far from universal, they have taken the inspired decision to start withthe Tour de France route, including sections of Paris, Saint-Étienne and Brest. It certainly opens up the possibility of some excellent mashups of live Tour data to enhance coverage.
Fortunately, the route allows me to take my own tour down memory lane to re-enact my old walk to work down the Champs-Elysées and to revisit an old holiday destination by taking a tour inside the city walls of Saint-Malo. Picture quality is perfectly adequate. To protect privacy, but not perhaps vanity, faces and number plates are obscured.
You can view it here (make sure the Street View button is selected). It’s also available in Google Earth.
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