Google Street View Maps Amazon Rainforest Using Zipline

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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG,NASDAQ:GOOGL) Street View has mapped the Amazon Rainforest in a unique way.

google-street-view-amazon-rainforest-goog-googlGoogle Street View used a zipline to help it map the Amazon Rainforest. Users of the service are able to get a look at the environment as the camera travels down the ziplines. At some points, the cameras were going around 62 mph while riding through the forest, reports TechCrunch.

Google Street View also includes more than just a zipline view of the Amazon Rainforest. The 360-degree cameras were also used to map two rivers in the area as they traveled down them. The new mapping efforts were aided by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation, which hopes the views will bring attention to conservation efforts in the area, TechCrunch notes.

The Amazon Rainforest isn’t the first time that Google Street View has used a unique system to map an area. The service also includes a trip through the Liwa Desert that was mapped with the help of a camel in 2014. This was the first time an animal was used in the mapping process.

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