Google hires camel for desert Street View

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Google hires camel for desert Street View

By Barry Neild, CNN
October 10, 2014 -- Updated 0724 GMT (1524 HKT)

"Raffia" the camel was used by Google to capture images of Abu Dhabi's Liwa Oasis.




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Mapping the Liwa Oasis



STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Abu Dhabi's Liwa Oasis is captured using a Google Trekker camera attached to a camel
• Google spokeswoman says the beast was most appropriate way to explore the area
• Google's Treks have previously explored the Grand Canyon, the Egyptian pyramids and the Galapagos islands

(CNN) -- It's given us robot cars and internet-enabled glasses -- but when it came to creating a "Street View" of a desert, Google hit on a low-tech solution.

It hired a camel.

The beast has become the first animal to carry Google's Trekker camera, which is typically hoisted by humans to capture 360-degree images of destinations inaccessible to its Street View cars.

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