The Inner Hebridean island of Eigg in the middle of the Atlantic is one the spots you can explore on randomstreetview.com. — Photo: Randomstreetview.com/dpa
BERLIN: Almost everyone is familiar with the street views in Google Maps and some people have probably seen the distinctive camera cars that capture the imagery. If you’re interested in how streets and roads look around the world you can head over to randomstreetview.com.
The website’s name explains it pretty well – it shows random street views from any place that Google’s camera cars have travelled.
When you open the page you might see, for example, a country road in Bhutan, a farm in Colombia, a house in Slovakia or a desert highway in Dubai.
Clicking on Next will take you to another random location, perhaps the well-kept suburbia in Auckland, New Zealand or the Inner Hebridean island of Eigg, where purple heather blossoms high above the Atlantic. That’s the beauty of the website, you never know where you're off to next.
And you’ll always know exactly where you are because the address and a map are shown in the top left corner. That helps when you end up somewhere in the pampas, among trees or facing a rock-face.
You can also save views that you like or choose to see views from a particular country. And when you get bored just hit Next and find yourself perhaps on a residential street in Seoul where a parking attendant is eyeing the camera car. – dpa
