Perdita
17-07-2009, 05:37
Coronation Street is to appear on Google's Street View later this year.
Earlier today, the Google team were allowed access to the Coronation Street set in order to capture the series of images required to allow users to virtually navigate up and down the cobbles.
The Google Street View car drove down Britain's famous street, while the special camera equipment fixed to the roof took an array of digital images that will be pieced together to create a 360 degree environment.
Coronation Street will be the first - and at present the only - fictional soap street to be given the treatment.
An ITV spokesperson said: "Thanks to Street View, fans will be able to have a good nose around the set in a way that would have been unimaginable almost 50 years ago when the show first aired."
A Google representative added: "This is the first ever TV soap to be photographed for Street View and we're thrilled that soon fans up and down the country will be able to imagine themselves heading down the street to enjoy a pint in the Rovers."
From Digital Spy
Earlier today, the Google team were allowed access to the Coronation Street set in order to capture the series of images required to allow users to virtually navigate up and down the cobbles.
The Google Street View car drove down Britain's famous street, while the special camera equipment fixed to the roof took an array of digital images that will be pieced together to create a 360 degree environment.
Coronation Street will be the first - and at present the only - fictional soap street to be given the treatment.
An ITV spokesperson said: "Thanks to Street View, fans will be able to have a good nose around the set in a way that would have been unimaginable almost 50 years ago when the show first aired."
A Google representative added: "This is the first ever TV soap to be photographed for Street View and we're thrilled that soon fans up and down the country will be able to imagine themselves heading down the street to enjoy a pint in the Rovers."
From Digital Spy