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Saturday 23 January 2021
Google is lending its Google Trekker to Fáilte Ireland (nice of them…).
The vehicles will collect data to help improve Apple Maps, and could result in it launching its own version of Google Street View.
The company’s street view service now allows you to tour the Liwa desert, one of the largest oases.
The images were captured and uploaded onto Google Street View in Chile.
The images were captured and uploaded onto Google Street View in Chile.
… and accidentally sparked a police investigation.
*Travel as far back as 2007, that is.
Anyone with an Android phone or Digital SLR camera can upload their own Street View images onto Google Maps.
You’d want to be careful when those sneaky camera cars are around.
There’s no such thing as privacy anymore…
All 2,000 of the company’s Dublin staff took to the streets to pose and wave for the Street View car.
Google’s staff have been busy pedalling all over the world to capture some well known tourist attractions.
Browse three continents before lunch.
The service will offer users panoramic view of Irish towns, cities and rural areas.
Google Street View gives unique privacy controls to German users after months of controversy.
HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE called for mandatory quarantine to be introduced for people who arrive in Ireland from abroad, in a bid to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
The government has considered such a move but, to date, ruled it out.
Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said a mandatory quarantine period would be “disproportionate” and unworkable because of the open border with Northern Ireland.
A number of other countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, have brought in mandatory quarantines where people have to stay in hotels for two weeks or more.
People arriving in Ireland must have evidence of a negative PCR test 72 hours before arrival. They are then advised to restrict their movements, while those arriving from Britain, South Africa or South America are told to self-isolate for 14 days.
Poll: Should there be mandatory quarantine for people who arrive in Ireland from abroad?
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