Interactive Map Site Lets You Travel the World Through the Lenses of Drones

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Interactive Map Site Lets You Travel the World Through the Lenses of Drones
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Most of us have become accustomed to the amazing imagery of the world available on Google's Street View (http://mashable.com/category/street-view/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), but a new site promises the same kind of virtual tourism from the aerial perspective of drones

Launched back in April by Switzerland-based Jan Hiersemenzel, TravelByDrone (http://www.travelbydrone.com) is a site that harnesses the power of YouTube and Google Maps to allow you to explore the planet via recorded drone footage

See also: Fly Virtually Using This Drone and Oculus Rift Combination (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/oculus-rift-flying-drone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


An interactive Google Map (http://mashable.com/category/google-maps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) of the world features pins displaying logos that indicate that drone footage is available. By clicking on one of the pins, you're immediately shown YouTube (http://mashable.com/category/youtube/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) footage of the geographic area shot by a flying drone (http://mashable.com/category/drones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). You can search for specific cities and even select footage based on timeliness, as the site's orange pins indicate drone footage shot in recent months Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/14/drone-map/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

More about Youtube (http://mashable.com/category/youtube/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Travel (http://mashable.com/category/travel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Google Maps (http://mashable.com/category/google-maps/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Street View (http://mashable.com/category/street-view/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Software (http://mashable.com/category/software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/QAwGF3XE00Y