Google Street View hits Olympic Venues

The nerds at Google have taken their Street View technology and put it on some skis. Now you’ll be able to see the exact places for this year’s Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada.

The Street View technology – which has been rolled out in many urban areas of the world – has been adapted to give a skier’s view of the slopes and venues for the Games. The maps show the alpine skiing runs, cross-country runs, the luge, and even the ski jump.

While some of the views seem a bit outdated and obviously done when there was little amount of snow one can see how this technology could be used in the future for resort ski runs. The question is, will they be able to hide some of the secret spots?

Here’s the video from the Google team:

And here’s an example from the slopes of Whistler:

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To view all of the venues visit Google’s special page they’ve set up.

Posted by Brendon on February 10th, 2010

Brendon @cherrypow

Hi, I'm Brendon, editor and one of the co-founders of CherryPow. When work isn't calling I'm planning the next snow adventure and writing about it.