Travel around the countries online virtually. Virtual travel around the world
A young project, perhaps for the first time in Runet, fully implemented the idea virtual tours. you walk along unfamiliar city, listen to the guide and turn your head wherever you want - all this is now possible on the site "Virtual Travel"!
"Virtual journeys" - "virtual journeys"
The craving for travel comes to us gradually. As a child we read Jules Verne, in our youth we watch films about distant countries, and then - various "Cinema Travel Clubs". This is how we gradually develop a passion for exploring the world.
Website Virtual-journeys.com is one of the links in this chain. Here you can make an online trip to many tourist capitals of the world and get the same experience as a real tourist: see the most important sights under the fascinating story of the guide.
You can make "virtual travel" in two ways. Moving around Google Street View is performed automatically and the tour can be watched like a normal video. But you can also interfere with the process (the Google panorama remains interactive) - direct your gaze in any direction, zoom in and out of the image. And all this - under the fascinating explanations of the guide.
London at Virtual-journeys.com
"Virtual tours" provide the maximum approximation to a real walk through the streets of the city; it's hard to say where you can see something more spectacular.
There are 19 cities of the largest tourist caliber in the "cage" of "Virtual Travels". Their number is gradually increasing, and if this continues, the site will take away a lot of customers from the publishers of paper guides.
Beautiful Florence
Attention is drawn to multilingualism Virtual-journeys.com. Of course, Russian is enough for us; but it's still impressive that tours are offered in ten languages, including Japanese and Korean.
If you encounter any inconvenience in your online journey (perhaps the voice of the virtual guide will tire you), take into account that, on the other hand, you are provided with good weather and the human sea does not threaten Chinese tourists.
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Although the site "Virtual Travels" appeared only this summer, it has confidently headed for the elite of Internet tourism projects using Google services. Which is not a sin to remember:
- - virtual tours from Google to the best museums in the world (but without a guide)
- - interesting places on planet Earth
- - interactive time-lapse video based Google Street View
- - interesting geography game
Undoubtedly, virtual travel cannot and should not replace real travel with all their range of vivid sensations and impressions. But they help us see any corner of the earth for free, even if you yourself can never visit it. Moreover, it is very convenient way receive mass in advance useful information and plan your future travels.
You can fly in the stratosphere over the entire planet or over the roofs of Paris and St. Petersburg, look into the halls of the British Museum or the Kremlin treasury, find yourself among the mountains and waterfalls of Iceland or in the amazing underwater world of the Galapagos Islands ... Stop dreaming, there are no more barriers in front of you!
1. 360cities.net panoramas
As poets describe the world with poems, artists with paintings, composers with music, 360cities.net describes the world with picturesque panoramas.
Here are collected tens of thousands of photographs from all over the world, and not only ours - there are even panoramas of other planets from one interesting rover. Here you will enjoy a virtual tour of the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, or to study the panorama of London, which was filmed with such high resolution that you can see people's faces in the windows of houses.
2. Google Photo Tours
Of course, the ability to view streets on Google StreetView maps has long been a surprise. But not everyone may know that the participants of this project are still fond of creating photo tours and entire virtual trips.
These photo tours give you the opportunity to walk around Taj Mahal, look at Dubai from the world's highest 800-meter skyscraper Burj Khalifa, for the whole of Paris with one of three viewing platforms eiffel tower or travel to Mexico to the pyramids Chichen Itza. There are also unusual travel, for example, descending into a salt mine similar to an underground palace in Wieliczka (Poland) or immersion in the present undersea world in dozens of different places, for example, at Galapagos Islands.
For traveling around Russia, check out RusMap.net (using Google services) - this is an understandable and affordable service for those who often travel on business trips, like to travel, or are just about to hit the road. Regardless of the goal, Rusmap will make the trip as pleasant and comfortable as possible.
The "panoramas" option allows you to take a virtual walk through the cities of Russia. Perhaps such an Internet journey will be the impetus for taking a real one.
3. Google street view app
When I travel, I often use the Street View app. It is available for Android and iPhone. The application allows you to view many panoramas located on the world map.
There are panoramas of users and panoramas of Google itself. The service is developing rapidly and the number of panoramas is increasing before our eyes.
I myself observed the fascinating process of creating a panorama on special equipment. But each of you will be able to add your panoramas using your smartphone and obeying the commands of the application.
4. Yandex panoramas
Yandex is also actively developing its map service, and on its maps you can look at the cities of Russia and the world from a bird's eye view. For example, fly over Palace Square Petersburg or above the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir.
Yandex maps, perhaps, are more visual than Google, there is a panorama and map view mode at the same time.
5. Air Pano
The amazing project of another Russian Air Pano team is a rare case of professional enthusiasts creating products at a level that was previously only subject to wealthy Internet corporations. Spherical aerial panoramas, or rather whole Air Pano aerial excursions, in terms of the beauty and quality of the footage, will easily give odds to both Google and Yandex.
Filming is carried out literally from everything that can fly: from airplanes and balloons to airships and radio-controlled drones. Now the site has about 2000 panoramas from the most picturesque corners peace. Here you can visit the island of Java on the Bromo volcano or see the Kremlin from the air from different angles, admire northern lights in Iceland or admire one of the islands of Hawaii, visit the Jordanian Petra and even look inside the famous Treasury.
In addition, when viewing a panorama, you can switch to another camera by simply clicking on the helicopter symbol.
Panoramas are not only colorful, but also informative. Many are labeled with the names of visible objects.
6. Youtube 360 video files
Even more immersive and fully immersive experience is provided by 360-degree video. You can easily look to the right or left, for example, when sailing past the palaces on a boat in Venice.
360-degree videos can be searched on Youtube, but can also be found on Air Pano.
7. Video trips on Vimeo
You will be surprised what miracles a good photographer can do with the help of the time lapse technique (slow motion). This is a great way to show even familiar places in a whole new light and inspire travel.
Fine selections of such videos are collected on vimeo.com. Hundreds of videos provide an opportunity to visit the most beautiful places planets. You can admire the golden pagodas of mysterious Myanmar, northern beauty Norwegian sunsets, romantic views famous bridge"Golden Gate" in San Francisco or other amazing shots from around the world.
Another global Google project is dedicated to art. That's what it's called: Art Project. Behind the modest name lies an incredible exposition - tens of thousands of paintings from best museums peace. Moreover, each filmed in such high resolution that you can, for example, examine in detail each stroke of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" or look into the eyes of the noblewoman Morozova Surikov.
Many museums kindly allowed us to film not only their expositions, but also their premises. And now you can, without getting up from your chair, stroll through the halls of the Hermitage or the Doge's Palace in Venice, or visit the museum of the Athenian Acropolis.
If you are a creative person, then such virtual tours will save your time and money, and you will get no less aesthetic pleasure from works of art.
9. Webcam on the ISS
Are you fascinated by the unexplored expanses of the universe? Then watch live broadcasts from the webcam at the International Space Station. You will have the feeling that the camera is somewhere very close, and not 400 km from the surface of the planet.
The image slowly but surely changes throughout the day and you can see for yourself that our blue planet is in perfect order. However, please note that the video is only available when there is a signal from the Earth, otherwise you will only see the splash screen. Sometimes on video you can see the life of astronauts and their spacewalks.
P.S. Did you like to walk around the world virtually? Will such virtual tours help you prepare for visiting some interesting places in real travel? Are there video panoramas in your collection that are breathtaking? Share with us in the comments to this article your impressions and findings ...
Also, don't forget to tell your friends about this new opportunity explore the world.
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To my great surprise, I found that many people are not familiar with such a concept as " Street panoramas» on the maps. I hasten to fill this gap.
For the first time, the ability to travel through the streets of the city without leaving your computer appeared on Google maps, and for obvious reasons remains the most pumped on this service.
In the window below, you can virtual walk around the city of Moscow. Use the navigation arrows in the upper left corner of the image. You can also change the viewing angle using the arrows on the keyboard. To move around the picture, you can click in the image area. The arrows on the streets of the city show the routes. You can change your position on the city map by dragging the yellow man in the lower right corner of the image with the mouse:
State Tretyakov Gallery
And in this interactive window you can take a virtual online walk through the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery! In the upper left corner of the image, you can switch between the floors of the museum, which is very convenient:
Cathedral of Christ the Savior
"Street panoramas" can be compared to the study cities from satellites in real time. After all, driving into the search " Moscow from satellite in real time» users probably want to see the nearest streets or even their house in the best possible way. Unfortunately, this cannot be done from a satellite in real time, unless special equipment is used.
And for ordinary users who do not want to bother with unnecessary problems, “Street Panoramas” will come in handy, they act as a full-fledged replacement satellite maps, plus give a complete overview of the place we need.
And if you want to walk around such megacities as New York, Paris, London, Madrid, Rome, Barcelona and Prague without leaving your home, then be sure to check out our articles:
london 3d
New York 3d
In addition to walking, this service allows you to:
- make a trip around the city and see the sights;
- plan a trip route in an unfamiliar place, looking at the junctions with your own eyes and road signs;
- look around the house when looking for a new place of residence;
- print a photo of the place you need.
Happy travels!
Many of us love to travel, discover new places, get a lot of bright and unforgettable impressions from an exciting trip. At the same time, we do not always have the opportunity to go where we would like to, walk through the streets of beautiful cities and enjoy all the wonderful flavor of those places. Google responded to these users by launching an online service in 2007 that allows them to take a virtual journey through the streets of many cities around the world. In this article I will talk about the Google Maps Street View service, explain how to use it, and perform an online inspection of streets and houses.
Google Street View - Google Maps Street View
"Google Street View" (Google StreetView)- is based on the work of Google Maps services (Google Maps) and " Google Earth» (Google Earth) technology that allows you to view the panoramas of the streets of many cities around the world.
The service was launched in 2007, and initially included photos of some US cities. Now, its capabilities allow you to enjoy the panorama of the streets of many cities of the Old and New Worlds.
The creation of such panoramas is usually carried out using a specialized vehicle, on which a ball-shaped camera is placed, which performs continuous 360-degree shooting.
The photos obtained in this way are processed by Google and placed on the specified service, allowing you to construct breathtaking panoramas of the streets of many cities around the world.
And although most of the photos are taken with a car, there are many photos taken by a pedestrian, a trekker, a tricycle, a snowmobile, an all-terrain vehicle, a boat, and even submersibles.
When instead of a car - a pedestrian How to See Streets and Houses on Google Maps
To view streets using Google services, you can use both the stationary Google Maps network service and the capabilities of the Google Street View mobile application.
To perform a street view of a city (take, for example, the city of Moscow) do the following:
- Launch the Google Maps service using your PC's browser (you can also just type in the name of the city and the desired street in the search bar of the Google search engine, you will be offered a view this place on google maps)
- Find the city you need on the map (enter its name and street in the search bar, or find the city you need by moving the map and zooming accordingly using the mouse wheel);
- Find the street you need, and then click on any of its places (a marker will appear there). Now select a small photo of this street at the bottom of the screen, and you will switch to the view mode of this street;
- To activate the street view mode, you can also select the little man icon on the right, and, holding the left mouse button, drag it to the street we need;
- To move along the street, move the cursor to the desired place on the street, and press the left mouse button. Those places where you can move are indicated by the "X" icon. At the same time, the arrows behind and in front of you show that you can move in the indicated directions;
- By holding the left mouse button and moving the mouse in the right direction, you can look around and admire the local sights (you can also use the "+" and "-" keys next to the icon on the right to zoom in and out);
- To return to the general view of the city, click on the back arrow on the top left.
Is it possible to see the streets in Google in real time
Many users would like to enjoy a real-time view of their desired streets and cities using services like Google Maps. Unfortunately, to implement something like this this moment is not possible (with the exception of those places where cameras are installed), since the card services of Google, Yandex and their competitors use photographs taken weeks, months, or even years ago.
The actual implementation of such tasks would require the use of many satellites, which, at the moment, are used primarily for military purposes.
Conclusion
In this article, I described the specifics of using the Google Maps service for street view. This service can be useful for getting to know the sights of various cities of the world, for building optimal routes and solving other similar problems. Take a virtual trip to various cities of the world, and you may want to personally go to the place you like in order to fully enjoy its amazing beauty. After all, it's worth it.
