Kew Gardens gets the Google treatment! - Orchid Board

Triffid · #1 03-23-2011, 04:57 AM

For those of you not aware, Kew Gardens is now ion the Google Street View facility. It apparently took two days on a hi-tech tricycle to capture it.

So if you can't visit in person you can still get a chance to visit through the ether!

Just enter Kew Gardens (UK) in the search map and zoom in. (If anyone can do a more direct link that would be cool, but I'm not sure it's possible)
Google Maps

Enjoy!

Tindomul · #2 03-23-2011, 10:31 AM

OK that is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo cool!!!! Eheeeh!!!!

Tindomul · #3 03-23-2011, 10:43 AM

THey need to do the same thing for the New York Botanical Garden. Right now its only pictures.

Anisa · #4 03-23-2011, 10:45 AM

Amazing! I still want to go there in person though

Call_Me_Bob · #5 03-23-2011, 10:57 AM

i couldnt see it! what exactly did you put in the search?

RosieC · #6 03-23-2011, 11:42 AM

Bob, put the search in the search bar at the top and you will get a map. Then find above the zoom slider an little picture of a man. Drag that onto the map (in the big green bit which is Kew near where the pointer lands on the map). It will then show a ground level view and you can click on the images to move arround gardens.

Tindomul · #7 03-23-2011, 11:42 AM

]Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

RosieC · #8 03-23-2011, 11:43 AM

Cool, you can even go inside the conservatories... now if only I could remember which one has the orchids

Triffid · #9 03-23-2011, 03:15 PM

Glad folks are enjoying

I'm just wishing I could get more time to have a good and proper peruse.

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Originally Posted by Tindomul

THey need to do the same thing for the New York Botanical Garden. Right now its only pictures.

Hopefully New York Botanical Gardens will be added at some point.

I know there's also the google art project which basically does the same thing for famous museums and galleries, so some day who knows!? Perhaps a lot more Gardens and Places of interest will be added. Which would be nice

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Originally Posted by RosieC

Cool, you can even go inside the conservatories... now if only I could remember which one has the orchids

I think I need to put some time aside! If I had it I could spend hours just looking.