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Google Unveils Virtual Panoramas of Ski Runs At The 2010 Winter Olympic Games


February 11th, 2010

Google has added the Winter Olympics slopes to its Street View , allowing people to see the same view down a mountain as a skier about to push off in their quest for gold.

Engineer Dan Ratner explained: “In typical scrappy Google fashion, we were able to put this together over a few weekends. We used extra pieces from our Street View cars, some 2×4s, some duct tape, and a lot of extra hard drives.

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