{"id":661803,"date":"2010-02-10T23:28:05","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T04:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/google-slope-view-winter-olympics\/14142\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T23:28:05","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T04:28:05","slug":"google-maps-gets-slope-view-in-time-for-the-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/661803","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps gets slope view in time for the Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/slope-view-google-maps.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"The Google snowmobile captures some images from Whistler\"><\/p>\n<p>Google has ripped the camera rig off one of its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7347\/\" >Street View<\/a> cars and slung it on a snowmobile to bring slope view to Google Maps. Now web skiers will be able to experience some of the runs the world&#8217;s best skiers will be racing down when the Winter Olympics kicks off this week. The slope-level imagery complements new aerial imagery of the Vancouver-Whistler area to give sports fans a different perspective of competition venues and courses. ..<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/google\/\" rel=\"tag\">Google<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Images<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/maps\/\" rel=\"tag\">Maps<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/mountain\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mountain<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/olympic\/\" rel=\"tag\">Olympic<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/winter\/\" rel=\"tag\">Winter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7347\/\">Google street view: 360 degree views from any point on the map.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/google-maps-navigation-android\/13222\/\">Google announces free turn-by-turn maps app for Android &#8211; looks the goods<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/google-earth-goes-to-mars\/10914\/\">Google Earth goes to Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7867\/\">Google Earth moves to become Google Universe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/2659\/\">FlyOver Visual MAP &#8211; Car Navigation Systems with 3D aerial imagery map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/historical-wwii-imagery-now-available-in-google-earth\/14094\/\">Historical WWII imagery now available in Google Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ZWoYg4fpFk8_7W3xSLJJDOyqvXU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ZWoYg4fpFk8_7W3xSLJJDOyqvXU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ZWoYg4fpFk8_7W3xSLJJDOyqvXU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ZWoYg4fpFk8_7W3xSLJJDOyqvXU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Srxpu9E8AsY:jVlEA9ton_8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Srxpu9E8AsY:jVlEA9ton_8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Srxpu9E8AsY:jVlEA9ton_8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=Srxpu9E8AsY:jVlEA9ton_8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Srxpu9E8AsY:jVlEA9ton_8:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=Srxpu9E8AsY:jVlEA9ton_8:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Srxpu9E8AsY:jVlEA9ton_8:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/Srxpu9E8AsY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has ripped the camera rig off one of its Street View cars and slung it on a snowmobile to bring slope view to Google Maps. Now web skiers will be able to experience some of the runs the world&#8217;s best skiers will be racing down when the Winter Olympics kicks off this week. 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