Google, the world's most popular search engine, has launchedStreet View in Romania, a service allowing users to view panoramicimages of 8 cities of the country for the beginning.
The service is now available for Bucharest, Arad, Oradea,Braşov, Timişoara, Cluj, Constanţa and Sibiu.
"Future plans with regard to Street View highly depend on thereaction to this service. I believe photos will be renewed every1-2 years," stated Dan Bulucea, Google country manager forRomania.
The service, launched in 2007 in the US, covers streets with atotal length of over 6,000 km in the country, with Romania as the27th country where panoramic images are available. Street view canbe accessed through Google Maps portal or Google Earthapplication.
According to Bulucea, Street View is a tool for domestic companiesto promote themselves on the Internet and to boost theirturnovers.
He estimated 20% of companies in Romania are using the Internet asa promotional tool. "We hope to drive this percentage to 30% in thenear future," says Google Romania head, who, before taking hiscurrent position, had worked for Microsoft, the world's biggestsoftware company, for twelve years,.
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