MONGOLIA JOINS GOOGLE STREET VIEW

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Based on work conducted by Google over a two-year period, Google Street View officially launched in Mongolia with a ceremony on the Chingis Square, Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday. In the scope of the “Smart Ulaanbaatar” program approved in 2014, Ulaanbaatar has launched Google Maps, Google Street View, Google Culture Institute, and Google Art projects in collaboration with the world's leading search engine and internet-related services and product developer, Google Inc., to promote the city, strengthen its economic competitiveness, and develop tourism. Google Street View allows users take virtual "walk" through cities around the world, such as New York, Paris, Hong Kong, and soon, Ulaanbaatar, and view scenes of documented streets, avenues, squares, museums, restaurants, and buildings on Google Maps. Nearly eight million kilometers of panoramic scenes in 4000 cities in 60 countries across the world have been captured by Google Street View. Mongolia is the first country in the Central Asian region to be part of the Google Street View project.