Get ready for winter: Mapping the Canadian Arctic and global ski resorts
 

Get ready for winter: Mapping the Canadian Arctic and global ski resorts
For those of us in the **rthern hemisphere, the days are getting shorter and the temperatures are dropping. To help prepare for the winter ahead, we’re adding more detail and imagery to the map for a variety of chilly destinations, making them more comprehensive and accurate than ever. Starting today, you can virtually experience the Canadian Arctic through new pa**ramic Street View images of Cambridge Bay and detailed maps created with the help of local community members. And if you’re planning a winter getaway, you can preview the slopes of more than 90 ski and s**w resorts around the world, adding to dozens that are already available via Street View today.

Canada’s Arctic
When we visited Canada’s far **rth this past August, we worked with the **nprofit group Nunavut Tunngavik and the residents of Cambridge Bay to improve the map of this remote, but culturally rich, Nunavut hamlet. The map this community helped build using Google Map Maker, as well as the 360-degree images we collected using Street View trike and tripod tech**logies, is **w available for all the world to see on Google Maps.

To get a sense of what it’s like to live up in the **rth, you can walk down Omingmak Street, make your way the bridge (where locals fish for Arctic Char) and head out to the Old Stone Church. Check out some Arctic souvenirs in the Arctic Closet, or visit the Ice Hockey and Curling Arena—it’s uninsulated and freezes over once they flood it in the winter! You can also learn more about Inuit history and culture at the Kitikmeot Heritage Society and the Arctic Coast Visitors Centre.


Ski and s**w resorts across the globe
You can also view some of the world’s best runs right on Google Maps before you get there. Whether you’re looking to discover a piste you’ve never tried before, or just want to take in some winter wonderland scenery, we’ve added Street View imagery for resorts across Europe (including runs in Switzerland, Austria, **rway, Sweden, Italy and Spain), Canada (including runs in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontorio) and the U.S. (including runs in Utah and Michigan).

For example, take a look at S"olden, a popular ski resort in the "Otztal valley of Tyrol, Austria. It’s **t just tourists who flock there every year, but fans of professional skiing—S"olden regularly hosts the giant slalom competition as part of the Alpine World Cup in late October.


You can also visit Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. With 19 chairlifts, 4,000 acres of skiable terrain and an average of 355 inches of s**w each winter, Canyons is the largest ski and s**wboard terrain park in the state.


Visit the to see some of our favorite images of the Arctic and resorts available on Google Maps. As winter sets in, we encourage you to experience it all from the comfort (and warmth) of your couch—or check it out online, then dig out your thermal underwear and s**w boots to hit the slopes!

Posted by Ulf Spitzer, Program Manager, Google Street Viewhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.co...g.blogspot.com
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