You heard it here first.....!
The most comprehensive 360 degree map ever made of Britain will go online tomorrow, thanks to a mammoth undertaking by Google. Their Street View tool is being extended from a few select cities to almost every street in the UK - which amounts to 238,000 miles of public road.
The street-level imagery will cover all areas both urban and rural from Penzance in Cornwall to the north of Shetland - Including Moray !
Google believes the service will also be a boost for UK businesses, which can embed its maps into their own sites for free.
Plus Street View is not only limited to the roads. A number of landmarks off the beaten track have been captured thanks to the Google trike. The 18-stone tricycle with a mounted Google camera was ridden around sights such as Stone Henge last summer.
The project, launched in partnership with Visit Britain, also imaged the Millennium Stadium, Angle of the North, Loch Ness, Eden Project and Warwick Castle. A number of National Trust properties are also viewable.
And of course Google maps and street views allow you to explore the cities and streets of countries that you may never see in real life.
See if you can spot your neighbours in Lossie, or Elgin, albeit with blurry faces !
Photogenically yours,
Mr Jackson.
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