Google has
announced that it is bringing Street View
to Indonesia in what will be its biggest project in Asia to date.The company has readied a fleet of distinctive Street View cars, which will drive across the country snapping and documenting roads in order to build the feature into Google Maps. Since Indonesia — which has a population of more than 220 million — is a large country that consists of many islands, it will take a “few years” before it is completed, as Google explains.
“This activity represents a long-term investment with the long-term objective of capturing imagery across Indonesia over the next few years. These images will be made available at a later date in Street View on Google Maps.”
Google is pushing the tourism value of Street View and it says that the project will “change the way Indonesians and tourists around the world can experience Indonesia”. With that in mind, it is partnering with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy to carry out the initiative – as it did with Thailand’s Tourism Authority earlier this year.
TECH360 Correspondent