Since I’m a geeky guy, I tend to love everything Google. I was naturally excited when Canada got Google Street View last month, and have already used it several times to find out ahead of time what to look for ahead of time when heading out to see a new building for the first time.
And I’m sure that any reader of this blog knows that one of my favorite places in the world is Playa del Carmen on the Mexican Riveria. So naturally I was excited to hear that the cars that snap the Street View pictures were seen in the Playa region at the same time as there were photographing Canada.
Well the wait is now over, I can virtual wander the streets of Playa now whenever I like! Google Street View for Playa del Carmen (and the rest of Mexico) has now gone live!
There is a couple of disappointments… they must not have made arrangements with the city to travel down the normally pedestrian only Quinta Avenida (5th Avenue), which is the cities main tourist walk and likely would have been the highest viewed street in Playa if it was available. Additionally, it would be nice if they could get the Street View tricycle to drive along the beaches to give us that view too. But considering Playa did not even have street maps within Google Maps a few months ago, this is a major update. Now if they can just get a sattelite view that doesn’t have clouds over downtown Playa….
I’m off to bed, but I shall be exploring Playa tomorrow!
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