Google Maps will start conducting a mapping and \u201cStreet Views\u201d photography for primary roads on Saipan next week, according to Marianas Visitors Authority managing director Perry Tenorio.<\/p>\n
He said this Google Maps\u2019 initiative will enable people who are planning to visit the CNMI to check out the islands first on the Internet.
\n\u201cPeople who may be searching or those who are traveling may want to have a look around,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tenorio said the Google team will be mounting their equipment on a truck and will conduct the initial photographing of roads.
\n\u201cThey will be doing it deliberately and what the camera catches is very high resolution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Google team had already mapped Tinian and Rota, including some of the companies based there.<\/p>\n
In an earlier statement, MVA marketing manager Bruce Bateman said that it is \u201cour opportunity to put our best foot forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt may be years before these street scenes are filmed again, so we need to make every effort \u2018now\u2019 to clean up and present our best,\u201d Bateman said.<\/p>\n
Tenorio said that MVA is asking the support of the government and the community to ensure that the island is at its best condition.<\/p>\n
Bateman said that everyone, from building owners to students at bus stops, can help by \u201cpainting, picking up trash, and taking pride in our neighborhoods.\u201d
\nGoogle Maps is an application for Android devices, iPhone, iPads.<\/p>\n
After mapping Rota, Tinian, and Saipan, \u201cStreet Viewing\u201d will be searchable on the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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