Some
eight million kilometers traveled already! Google goes deeper into the
exploration sites around the world to provide us images 360 degrees. Now, for
Google it is time to conquer new territories ... snow areas.
For some years the Smartphone and Iphone are the best friends of the skiers.
Indeed on the slopes, mobile phone is using to listen to music, to call friends
that the skiers have lost, to find its way onto the slopes thanks to dedicated applications
that offer the most French resorts without forgetting those that record your
movements and establish performance reviews at the end of the day.
Today, thanks to the technology, skiers will be able to dream more before skiing
through Google Street View and its skis virtual tracks. Indeed, if you are
looking for ski resort with good skiing conditions for your Easter holidays, do
not hesitate to use this new technology.
This search engine provides a pictorial representation (nearly a hundred of
ski resorts around the world). The photos were taken using snowmobiles. They
are available through the Street View interface usual, with the little yellow
guy well known, which allows you to walk with your mouse across the landscape.
For the winter holidays
2013, the service Google Street View has been updated and 11 French ski resorts
can be surveyed by comfortably installed behind your computer screen, tablet or
smartphone. Sun, snow quantity and visibility, all conditions are met and
nothing is forget in order to provide to the skiers the chance to find their
future playground. According to Michael Tessard (2013), Operations Manager Isola
2000, this virtual tour allows visitors to discover the place otherwise. It can
be very useful to reinforce the decision making in the context of a living.
"This shows the station at its best, it creates a moment with complicit
destination before the holidays, because it seems to be a bit thanks to the
video" full Cyril Bardin, Communications Manager Ax 3 Domaines.
Source: e-tourism.info
It may take a year
between shooting and putting them online, so you learn the tracks traveled last
winter. Routes have been set by the partner stations and 1-2 days were needed
to patrol station.
Source: e-tourism.info
To virtually visit the ski slopes, just go to Google Maps or websites
stations involved (for example in France with: Les 2 Alpes, Chamonix, Isola
2000, Ax 3 Domaines, Gavarnie, Hautacam, Luchon-Superbagnères, Les Angles, Font
Romeu, ect.). This tool is also used to promote tourism; the Google Street View
Snow will probably help better skiers to find their way to the slopes. However
it is important to highlight that sometimes the slopes show on this search
engine can be from last year if it is not correctly updated. The service is
indeed available on both PC and on mobile.
Now you know what
you have to do before to book your ski holidays and enjoy the best conditions
as possible.
Key word:
application, Google Street View, Tool, Technology
Written by Justine
Audouin & Julie Delattre
Discover Ski
Resorts:
http://maps.google.fr/help/maps/streetview/gallery/ski-resorts-and-slopes/index.html
http://maps.google.fr/help/maps/streetview/gallery/ski-resorts-and-slopes/index.html
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