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Announcing the winners of the Street View trike contest
March 1, 2010
The polls have closed, the votes have been tallied and the people have spoken: it’s time to announce the winners of our
Street View trike suggestions contest
. Last October, we gave Street View fans the opportunity to vote for the special attractions around the United States that they most want to see featured on Google Maps. In the first round, we received more than 25,000 suggestions, which we narrowed down to
the 24 finalists
that were put up to a public vote. All in all, nearly a quarter million votes were cast.
The most popular category among all voters was University Campuses, racking up nearly 70,000 votes. Topping the list was
Rochester Institute of Technology
(
Rochester, New York
). Reminiscing alumni, prospective students or empty-nest parents will be able to tour the university through Street View for a unique look at campus life.
Cyclists also came out in droves to cast their ballots for their favorite riding spots, and the
Boulder Creek Path
(
Boulder, Colorado
) rode away with victory in the Parks & Trails category. Our trike riders — and the avid bike riders in Google’s Boulder office — are looking forward to the chance to take a ride along this scenic 5½-mile greenway.
History buffs, potential tourists and online window-shoppers will soon be able to take a virtual stroll through the grounds of
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
(
Boston, Massachusetts
), the most popular submission in the Pedestrian Malls category.
In the National Landmarks category, voters elected a location that actually encompasses many of the United States’ most famous landmarks, including the Smithsonian Insitution museums, the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building. That’s right: the
National Mall
in
Washington, D.C.
emerged victorious.
The manually-pedaled trike will soon be making its way to
the Motor City
to ride through the
Detroit Zoo
, the top vote-getter in the Theme Parks & Zoos category. With this imagery, families and animal lovers will be able visit the kangaroos and wallabies from the Australian Outback Adventure and the polar bears in the Arctic Ring of Life.
We’re now working directly with each of the winning organizations to arrange a visit from our trike in the coming months, so don’t be surprised if you see this quirky contraption at your favorite destination sometime soon:
Because so many of you – 238,000, to be exact – expressed a desire to have the trike visit your favorite place, also be working with many of the other finalists, so stay tuned for more exciting special collections from our trike. And if you happen to manage or work at another attraction that you think absolutely needs to be featured in Street View, please
let us know
!
Posted by Dan Ratner, Senior Mechanical Engineer
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