NEWS: Google Maps teams up with Merlin Entertainment

[Airtime&Gravity]

Google has announced that it is working with Merlin Entertainments to launch the first ever Street View imagery of some of the UK’s favourite attractions. 360 degree street level imagery of the country’s No 1 theme park resort - Alton Towers Resort; Chessington World of Adventures; LEGOLAND, Windsor; the nation’s thrill capital; THORPE PARK; and the SEA LIFE attraction in Weymouth - can all now be explored from your computer before you set out.

 

Users can familiarise themselves with the layout of each of the individual attractions online before they leave home and navigate the best nearest parks.

 

The images were taken by the Google Trike (a three wheeled bike with camera equipment attached to it) last year towards the end of summer, and are not real time. The imagery was then processed and carefully stitched together before being added to Google Street View today.

 

“We are delighted to be working with Google on this exciting new project, and think it will add an invaluable service to our visitors,” said Mark Fisher Managing Director Resort Theme Parks for Merlin Entertainments. “As attractions like theme parks have grown to offer so many more rides and activities, it can be difficult to fit everything in without a bit of planning! Street View will add another dimension to the other tools that we offer our visitors to help in this, and we look forward to adding the facility to more of the Merlin attractions in time.”

 

Laura Scott, spokeswoman for Google Street View added: “With summer around the corner and the family clamouring for some adventure, Street View should prove the ideal planning tool for a great day out at any of these exhilarating locations.”

 

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Edited April 15, 2010 by jedimaster1227

[kidcoaster 2]

Alton Towers Street View is already up

 

www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=alton+towers,+uk&sll=43.827592,-79.278202&sspn=0.087556,0.153637&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Alton+Towers&ll=52.986994,-1.895978&spn=0,0.019205&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=52.98706,-1.89606&panoid=SJvSghdAbuIPy8

[Gav]

Haha, check out who is in the Legoland driving school:

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sl4+4ay&sll=51.465037,-0.649929&sspn=0.000658,0.001206&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Windsor,+Berkshire+SL4+4AY,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.464915,-0.64972&panoid=0Bp9C1mLJX8_W5lIsT6sCQ&cbp=12,21.3,,0,6.83&ll=51.465102,-0.650016&spn=0.000642,0.002064&z=20

[andyuk200523]

Haha, check out who is in the Legoland driving school:

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sl4+4ay&sll=51.465037,-0.649929&sspn=0.000658,0.001206&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Windsor,+Berkshire+SL4+4AY,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=51.464915,-0.64972&panoid=0Bp9C1mLJX8_W5lIsT6sCQ&cbp=12,21.3,,0,6.83&ll=51.465102,-0.650016&spn=0.000642,0.002064&z=20

 

 

Pure comedy Genius, who keeps coming up with these ideas to hide Stiggy in Street Map, 100% Hilarity!

[andyuk200523]

Thorpe Park is also Now Up - Enjoy

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=thorpe+park&sll=51.464915,-0.64972&sspn=0.000466,0.001206&g=Windsor,+Berkshire+SL4+4AY,+United+Kingdom&ie=UTF8&hq=thorpe+park&hnear=Windsor,+SL4+4AY,+UK&ll=51.404841,-0.515628&spn=0,0.01929&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.404908,-0.515342&panoid=xvM3AQfXx53uHDchVLU3og&cbp=12,248.78,,0,-7.82

 

 

Chessington Too

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=chessington+world+of+adventures&sll=51.404908,-0.515349&sspn=0.007135,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=chessington+world+of+adventures&hnear=&ll=51.347703,-0.316039&spn=0,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.347532,-0.315941&panoid=zBhEtuqFhS1nBZ5QFzYhiw&cbp=12,265.92,,0,-16.52