Google Street View Camera Straps On Camel's Hump to Capture UAE's Liwa ...

Google straps its Trekker camera to the hump of a camel so Street View users around the world can see the vastness of Liwa Desert in the United Arab Emirates.


Viewers can look at the vast stretch of sand dunes and the green oases of the desert where dates are grown. Dates are grown in the oases, and their fruit is important to local cultures.


The Trekker cameras are usually attached to humans. But in the case of Liwa Desert, the camel named Raffia and his guide walked through the 100-kilometer-wide stretch of desert.


Google explained that the use of camels allowed it to gather authentic images as well to minimize environmental impact.


Google said the collection gives the viewers a glimpse of what it is like to travel the desert as merchants do for the past 3000 years.


By using the virtual map though the desert, people can climb sand dunes reaching towering heights of between 16 feet and 147 feet and see the amazing views in Google Street View.


Some of the richest history in this desert lies in the Liwa Oasis - the largest oasis in the Arabian Peninsula. The desert is just 150 kilometers southwest of Abu Dhabi.


Street View Program Manager Deanna Yick said it was home to early settlers in the Late Stone Age, making Liwa one of the historic places in the country.


Google said they hope the images of the desert at Google Maps will inspire people to visit the site in person as well.


The giant tech company first launched the Street View program in 2007 to let the people explore different places from the comfort of their computers at their own homes.


Google has previously mapped the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, pyramids of Giza, the Taj Mahal in India, and the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.


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