Umm Al Quwain now available on Street View

Google today revealed the arrival of Umm Al Quwain in Street View, a feature by Google Maps that will permit users to view and browse 360 degree street-level images of major streets throughout the city.

Street View was released in May 2007 and is already available in more than 3000 cities throughout 63 countries around the globe. Google Street View images offers users with a rich, immersive searching experience and enables users to check out world landmarks, view natural wonders, browse a trip or other points of interest.

A few of the primary locations Street View users will be able to see in Umm Al Quwain today are: the city's Beach Garden, the Old Town Area, the Umm Al Quwain National Museum, and the deserted Soviet-era freight plane, Ilyushin IL-76.

Mohamad Mourad, Regional Director for Google in Middle East and North Africa, stated: "Google Street View will permit countless people from all over the world to see Umm Al Quwain in a new way-- to see and experience helpful and gorgeous 360-degree images of the city's most exciting sites and streets. Wherever we have launched Street View, we have seen a positive reaction, and we believe that people and companies in the UAE and throughout the world can benefit on lots of levels from having this images available.".

Obaid Sultan, General Manager of Urban Planning in Umm Al Quwain, said: "This project with Google will make it possible for the city's residents and visitors to check out accurate breathtaking images of Umm Al Quwain's streets, heritage sites, and traveler destinations.".

Street View Process.
Street View images is gathered by a car geared up with sophisticated imaging technology-- a cam installed on the roofing system of an automobile that gathers imagery and place data. After collection, the imagery is stitched together to produce the 360 breathtaking images that permits you to walk around and explore areas as if you were there. To safeguard the personal privacy of homeowners in Umm Al Quwain, all faces and plate numbers are blurred before the images goes live.

Benefits for users.
Google wants to make the everyday lives of users easy whether it was previewing the location before moving into a brand-new area or finding the location of a restaurant or cafe. Users can take a look at a restaurant or hotels before arriving or organize meeting points. Home hunters can save time not only by exploring homes they want however likewise their surrounding area in advance which will make choice of property they have an interest in more reliable.

Benefits for companies.
Businesses can also gain from the Street View technology by embedding Google Maps straight into their site, helping them to promote a hotel or increase awareness of a local store or restaurant. Travelers will immediately have the ability to check the surroundings of a hotel without taking a danger.

Google is constantly improving its maps with 10s of thousands of updates daily throughout the world - from the most recent road names, business addresses to public transit schedules and images. Street View offers quickly accessible tools for flagging unsuitable or delicate images for evaluation and removal. Each image includes a link to a "Report a problem" tool where users can report objectionable images.