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Google adds rural Manitoba to Street View
Olympic venues also added
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Corydon Avenue at one time. Submitted by Barry Mitenko
Google has gone country with its Street View feature.
The search engine giant has gone live in over 150 cities and towns in Canada, according to a release. Rural Manitoba is now on-line, with panoramic versions of Brandon, Dauphin, Gimli, and Riding Mountain National Park now available.
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Google street view arrived in Winnipeg this past December.
The unique web look arrives just in time for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Alpine runs at Whistler and new versions of Olympic venues were a part of the update, the company also announced.
Street view, which provides users a pedestrian view on Google Maps, is now available in all provinces and territories (excluding Nunavet and Labrador).
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4 Comments
Posted by: thatguy43
February 9, 2010 at 10:52 PM
wow, nobody wants to see rural manitoba
Posted by: GWinnipeg
February 9, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Nice story, but Corydon Avenue is not rural Manitoba.
Posted by: MBGuy
February 9, 2010 at 5:53 PM
I think you mean Nunavut, and Newfoundland and Labrardor.
Posted by: tconasam
February 9, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Hurrah for Google! This is such great, fun stuff!