This article was published on July 8, 2013

Google guides you through the Tour de France with a new interactive site featuring Street View imagery


Google guides you through the Tour de France with a new interactive site featuring Street View imagery

A little more than a week into the 2013 Tour de France, Google has thrown together Google Maps and Street View to develop a new interactive site that guides you along the 3,000km+ route.

Your Tour takes you all the way back to the start of the race last month, from the ā€˜Grand Departā€™ on June 29 which runs from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia. And you can also see whatā€™s coming up in the later stages but theyā€™re ā€˜lockedā€™ until those actual dates.

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Using your mouse, you can scroll along each stage of the route and see a riderā€™s-eye view of proceedings.

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Alternatively, you can switch to map mode which shows a mini bike icon traversing along the route as you scroll.

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Certainly, itā€™s an interesting use-case for Street View and itā€™s particularly insightful for the huge hill climbs, as you can see what the riders themselves will be enduring.

Googleā€™s interactive Your Tour site is live now for one and all.

āž¤ Your Tour | Google

Feature Image Credit ā€“ JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images

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