Google sends Street View trikes to Bletchley Park

04 Aug 2011

Google sends Street View trikes to Bletchley Park
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Google has sent its Street View camera off-road to collect images of the 
historic codebreaking site Bletchley Park, as part of a campaign to 
restore C block, home to the master index of intercepted German messages.
Google's trike captures one of the dilapidated Bletchley Park blocks
 
The web giant sent a trike around Bletchley Park yesterday, towing a 
trailer and 360-degree camera behind it.

It means the site where the Enigma code was broken will join other 
internationally-significant heritage locations, such as Pompeii, on 
Google's roster of "special collect" Street View sites. They all 
have no or limited road access, so a special effort must be made to gather 
the photographs that allow web users to explore them on-screen.

It's hoped that when the images are uploaded to Street View in the next 
few weeks they will encourage greater awareness of Bletchley Park and 
donations to its restoration.

Today the Bletchley Park Trust is also hosting a fundraising garden party. 
As well as restoring C Block to its wartime condition, it aims to build a 
new visitors' centre. 


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8680241/Google-sends-Street-View-trikes-to-Bletchley-Park.html

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