Street View Page on Colombia

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
• First StreetView of Bogota, Colombia
• Second StreetView of Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona
• Third StreetView of Cartagena, Colombia
2. Links to Street View panoramas
• Link to Bogota City
• Link to San Agustin 
• Link to Cartagena
3. MapChannels Street View Animation
• Route from University of Colombia to Botanical Gardens of Bogota
• Route from Apolo Park to Flores Park
• Route from Cerro El Volador Natural Park to Plaza Botero
4. Moore's Where to Invade Next
• The value of travel

1 Street View Screen Captures

Bogota, Colombia

Bogota is Colombia’s beating heart, an engaging and vibrant capital cradled by chilly Andean peaks and steeped in sophisticated urban cool.

Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona

Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona is a magical slice of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, with stunning stretches of golden sandy beach backed by coconut palms and thick rainforest.

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias is the undisputed queen of the Caribbean coast, a historic city of superbly preserved beauty lying within an impressive 13km of centuries-old colonial stone walls.

Photo descriptions by South America Lonely Planet travel book.

 

2 Links to Street View Panoramas

Insert three links with descriptions to Street View Panoramas here. In contrast to above, these are "live links" so you'll be able to spin the image once they appear.

Example-1: Bogota City, Colombia

Example-2: San Agustin, Colombia

Example-3: Cartagena, Colombia

 

3 MapChannels Streetview Player

Link to animation: Bogota

Description: This Street View animation takes you on a journey from The University of Colombia to the Botanical Gardens of Bogota where you’ll travel through plenty of places with green grass and trees surrounding the roads as well as business districts with buildings surrounding.

Link to animation: Cartagena

Description: This Street View animation takes us between two spots off of coastal Cartagena, Colombia. Starting at Apolo Park and leading us to Flores Park with majority of our journey having oceanic views!

Link to animation: Medellin

Desription: Enjoy the winding roads covered with green, lush trees during this Street View animation taking you from Cerro El Volador Natural Park to Plaza Botero in Medellin, Colombia.

 

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.

Submitted by Hannah Lambert on 4/26/2020.