Last month we asked you to submit nominations for places that you want our Street View Trike to visit. We were inundated with more than 25,000 suggestions across all categories, with university campuses making up 44% of all suggestions.
Starting today, you can cast your vote for your favorite place within each category to tell us which locations you'd most like to see on Google Maps. The finalists in each category are... drumroll please:
University Campuses
Arizona State University Michigan State University Princeton University Rochester Intitute of Technology Stanford University
Parks & Trails
Pedestrian Malls
Landmarks
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, CA Central Park, NY Millenium Park, Chicago, IL Kennedy Space Center, FL National Mall, DC
Theme Parks & Zoos
Bronx Zoo, NY Busch Gardens, VA Detroit Zoo, MI Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL San Diego Zoo, CA Universal Studios, FL
Theme Parks & Zoos
Visit www.google.com/trike to vote! You can vote as many times as you like until the deadline at 11:59pm PST on Monday, November 30th. We'll then work on getting all the winners into Google Maps, and of course we'll work closely with the relevant organizations to collect images of any privately-owned locations. It takes a bit of time to ride a 250-pound bike around the country, but we're excited to see which locations get your votes.
If you're anxious to see some new places in Google Maps right now, you happen to be in luck! Today we've added imagery of my home state Hawaii, making it the 50th state featured in Street View. In honor of this launch, we've created an online gallery to showcase some of the amazing new imagery from Hawaii, as well each state capitol building from across the United States. You can read more about today's launch on the Official Google Blog. To get you started exploring this amazing new imagery, here's an image from Kailua Beach - I first learned to surf at the island offshore:
You'll find much more waiting for you to explore in the Street View Gallery. You'll notice it also has a collection of locations photographed by the Trike -- you can help determine which places will be included in the future by submitting your vote!
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