Gizmo Lovers Blog » Railroad http://www.gizmolovers.com TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:16:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Google Street View Gets Railroadedhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/10/21/google-street-view-gets-railroaded/ http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/10/21/google-street-view-gets-railroaded/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:29:36 +0000 MegaZone http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=8341 Continue reading →]]> Google Logo I’m a bit of a casual rail fan, and I love Google Street View (I’ve lost hours just exploring cities), so I think this is pretty cool. Google worked with Rhaetian Railway to mount one of their Street View trikes on a railroad flatcar to photograph the Albula-Bernina line in Switzerland, which is a UNESCO Heritage site. The photos aren’t up on Street View yet, but they’re coming soon. But they have posted photos of the process:


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