In celebration of UAE’s National Day, Google has launched a series of 360-degree views of Dubai’s iconic sites on Street View, a feature by Google Maps.
Google Maps’ one billion daily users can now explore some of Dubai’s world-renowned landmarks such as the city’s picturesque creek and the dhows which line its docks in crisp 360-imagery, Gulf News reported.
The imagery was launched within Street View Special Collects, a feature of Google Maps that lets users explore places around the world like landmarks, natural wonders, as well as culturally and historically significant sites.
The sites launched showcase Dubai’s versatile urban landscape, from the waterfront Souk at Madinat Jumeirah, to the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo.
Street View, a feature by Google Maps that will allow users to view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery of major streets across the city, has been available in Dubai since 2014. Burj Khalifa marked the first Special Collect in the UAE and was launched in 2013.
This is the latest in a series of Street View imagery collected of major landmarks in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), after Petra in Jordan, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art, and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
Here are some of the sites launched on Sunday:
- Dubai Creek
- Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo
- Madinat Jumeirah / Burj Al Arab
- Dubai Mall
- The Palm
- Ibn Battuta Mall
- Wild Wadi
- Deira Spice Souk
