Google CamelCam

Well, Google gets the award for the most bizarre mapping project. Kinda like taking a streetcam on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic.



Oct. 8 2014
BU DHABI // Most images for Google Street View are collected with a car, but for the first time, the task was given to an animal – a 10-year-old camel named Raffia.Raffia walked through the desert around Liwa Oasis with a Street View camera mounted on top of her hump to create panoramic views for internet users around the world.
The images, now available online, show scenery from Liwa including dunes, the oasis, other camels and Raffia’s footprints and shadow.

The whole desert to choose from, and that's what they pick? And not even from a very good spot?
GoogleFail, I think...

Putting a camera on a camel is kind of cool, though...

/just noticed you can click through to different locations. Oops.