Street View Page on Italy
Google Street View is
available through Google Maps and Google Earth and provides panoramic views
along many streets in the world. It was started in 2007 in the United States
and has since expanded to include a large number of countries. Some countries have
objected to this form of data gathering and have not allowed Google to take the
imagery, Germany being the main hold-out. Available Street View imagery
available is shown as blue lines on Google Maps once the so-called pegman has been activated. Images are most often taken by
car but a variety of other modes of transport have been used. Once captured,
the images are subsequently stitched together. In some areas, Street View
images are augmented by privately-done photospheres.
Outline
1.
Street View screen captures
o First StreetView of the
Colosseum
o Second StreetView of the
Pantheon
o Third StreetView of St.
Mark’s Basilica
2.
Links to Street View
panoramas
o Link to Colosseum panorama
o Link to Pantheon panorama
o Link to St. Mark’s Basilica panorma
3.
TripGeo Street View Animations
o Route from x to y
o Route from y to z
o Route from z to x
4.
Moore's Where to
Invade Next
o The value of travel
1 Street View Screen Captures
The Roman Colosseum is a major tourist attraction in Rome. It is thought that over 500,000 people lost
their lives and over a million wild animals were killed throughout the duration
of the Colosseum. At its height, it
could hold up to 50,000 spectators and had 80 entrances.
The Pantheon has been the architectural inspiration for buildings across the
world. This list includes: the US
Capitol Building, the Pantheon in Paris, Santa Maria del fiore
in Florence and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. The one pictured, that stands today, is
actually the third Pantheon to be built.
The first two Pantheons burned down in fires
St. Mark’s Basilica stands as one of the most visited tourist
destinations in Venice. It is named for
St. Mark the Evangelist, one of the four Apostles of Jesus. His body was stored here and actually stolen
during the 9th century. The story then
goes on to say that the graverobbers went on to almost die at sea while they
were transporting his body, but he appeared to the captain and led them to
safety. The story of this ordeal can now
be found on part of the ceiling in the form of a mosaic. There is a total of more than 85,000 square
feet of mosaic in St. Mark’s Basilica
2 Links to Street View Panoramas
3 TripGeo Streetview
Player
The TripGeo Streetview Player tool stitches Google's
panoramic street view data into an animation. In the dialog, you can enter the
start and end location of your trip. When you click Preview, the route is marked
on a map and the StreetView images will start
playing. You can control the method of travel, the pace of the timelapse, and the distance between StreetView
images.
Streetview animation to the Colosseum
Streetview animation to the Pantheon
Streetview animation to St. Mark’s Basilica (by boat since it’s Venice)
4 Moore's Where to Invade Next
Moore's documentary is
politically polarizing. Conservative columnists, such as Armon White, are sharply
critical of the movie. First, comment on the validity of
White's negative review. Then, putting aside politics, what can the movie show
us about the value of travel in understanding our own country.
Armon White is understandably
upset with Moore’s Where to Invade
Next. He brings up a good point
about the current state of political humor being in shambles. Watching any late-night television, it’s easy
to hear the same jokes over and over.
They’re beating a dead horse and it is pretty much targeted toward one
political party’s ideologies. I think
White is mostly upset with Moore’s pessimistic views of America and his
extremely negative attitude towards it.
He also chooses to ignore certain aspects from his story that would
contradict what he would like the narrative to be.
This movie does bring up
some important topics when it comes to travelling as an American. You have to realize that some people are
going to dislike you just because you are an American, so it’s probably unwise
to travel around covered head to toe in American flag clothing. It may also bring to light how other
countries are politically different from America. Their laws are going to be something that you
should study and know before visiting.
Submitted by Dan Pavlik on 4/7/19.