Google Street View with…Camels?

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Google Street View has evolved into “Camel Cam”.

The trial in the United Arab Emirates’ Liwa Desert has made it possible for each and every one of us to carry out a virtual tour of those sandy dunes from the comfort of our own homes.

The company says using using camels meant they could take “authentic imagery” with minimal disruption to the environment.

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I, for one, can’t wait for the results of Google Camel Cam (I suppose I should add a trademark icon after that, right?) to make it into Google Maps.

Map vie Google Earth.
Via BBC.

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