Google Street View: Priorities in Brazil Become Clearer
March 2, 2015
I used to live in the Cambui district of Campinas, Brazil. The street view of our home was snapped by Street View in 2011. Cambui is a dynamic area, but obviously not sufficiently zip zip for the GOOG to refresh its images.
However, I learned in “Google Street View Now Lets You Explore The Amazon Jungle Via Zip-Line”:
Google Street View, that brilliant service*/rabbit-hole-that-sucks-up-all-your-time-if-you-let-it* has included the world-famous rainforest since 2012, but now it has scaled the treetops after putting its Street View cameras on ziplines for the first time. That’s right. Google took its cameras and literally suspended them in the rainforest thanks to assistance from the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS).
Yep, the Amazon is fascinating. My father set up the factory which manufactured the sheep’s foot rollers that helped deforest some of the jungle and river environs in the name of progress. Hey, he worked for a company that manufactured armaments before embracing development of unspoiled lands.
Nevertheless, updating other Street View imagery might be warranted. Google has its hands full with the continued enhancement of Google+, the Loon balloons, and adjustable buildings. One can hope.
Stephen E Arnold, March 2, 2015
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