When I was reading one of my favorite blogs this morning, I saw an interesting article that explains how to use Google Maps to do a "virtual walking tour" of famous cites.
From the New Liturgical Movement:
This "Street View" also works for most cities and large roads in the States; before we came over, I found it particularly useful for recognizing landmarks when I was driving someplace new.
Happy travels!
(Hat tip to Shawn at NLM for the original post, which can be found here.)
From the New Liturgical Movement:
Those of you who have never visited Rome, or who simply wish to revisit it, may be interested to know that Google Maps has a rather interesting feature that will allow you to do it "virtually" in a rather unique way that is actually somewhat proximate to being there, walking those streets.Typing in the name of the landmark is enough to get you there if it's anything remotely famous. (I'd suggest to start, try it with St. Peter's Basilica or the Pantheon, which Dan and I pass every day on the way to classes).
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If you go to Google Maps and double click on the maps, zooming in, eventually you will be taken to views such as these:
This "Street View" also works for most cities and large roads in the States; before we came over, I found it particularly useful for recognizing landmarks when I was driving someplace new.
Happy travels!
(Hat tip to Shawn at NLM for the original post, which can be found here.)
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