Google’s Amazon Adventure
Google may be taking its "street view" service too far, unless this is an off-season April Fool's joke. The company has sent -- what else? -- camera-equipped tricycles down to the Amazon rain forest to capture the street-level view of a place without streets. The BBC has the story.Google may be taking its “street view” service too far, unless this is an off-season April Fool’s joke. The company has sent — what else? — camera-equipped tricycles down to the Amazon rain forest to capture the street-level view of a place without streets. The BBC has the story. — PZS
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