Google mounts cameras to camel back to chart desert


  • TECH
  • Friday, 10 Oct 2014

Mapping out a city is one thing. Charting the Arabian desert is quite another. So to bring the fugitive, ever-changing landscape of the desert dunes to virtual visitors, Google Maps strapped a camera to the hump of a camel -- the oldest and most reliable desert porter.

The Liwa Desert in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the latest region added to Google Maps’ digital archive of the planet.

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