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Virtually Climb El Capitan With Google's First Vertical Street View

Posted by samzenpus on from the going-up dept.

mpicpp writes: Google Maps is incorporating its first vertical Street View by allowing users to virtually climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. To capture the 3,000-foot ascent up El Capitan Google relied on the skills of mountain climbers Lynn Hill, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell. "People around the world will now be able to virtually experience the unique act of ascending a 3,000-foot cliff by going on a self-directed, vertical climb," the Mountain View, Calif., company said.

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  1. Deliberate Apple tie-in? by SeaFox · · Score: 2

    Did they pick this on purpose because of the forthcoming OSX release?

    1. Re:Deliberate Apple tie-in? by nawcom · · Score: 5, Informative

      nah El Capitan is pretty popular; it's a favorite with rock climbers and base jumpers. It makes it the perfect example to apply to this vertical streetview concept on, and with it being a few hours away from Google HQ, it makes sense. I'm actually curious if this project predates the public announcement of OS X 10.11, though I wouldn't be surprised if they knew about it anyway.

  2. Climbing and Street View by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Had me thinking of something completely different.

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  3. Re:Jump! by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 2

    No, because you would die.

    Why "No"?

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  4. Actual Street View link here by Spy+Handler · · Score: 5, Informative

    https://www.google.com/maps/@3...

    TFA doesn't link to it, so I had to some additional mouse clicking and text parsing to find it.

  5. Note quite like the real thing... by dargaud · · Score: 2

    As someone who has climbed El Cap 4 times, I can say that it's not going to feel quite the same watching it in 3D than to actually do it. Eating vs watching foodies pics? Being in love vs watching porn?

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