Hachikō was an Akita domestic dog who lived close the metropolis of Ōdate inwards Japan. He belonged to Hidesaburō Ueno, who would commute daily to run past times train. At the terminate of every workday Hachikō would walk to Shibuya Station to aspect for his master's return.
In May 1925 Ueno suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, piece at run as well as died. Ueno never returned to Shibuya station again. However Hachikō did. Each afternoon, just at the fourth dimension when Ueno's develop was due to return, Hachikō sat exterior the station waiting for Ueno's return. He came as well as sat exterior the station every solar daytime waiting for his top dog for the side past times side nine years, nine months as well as 15 days.
You tin straight off walk around exterior Shibuya station on Google Maps as well as thought the scene from a dog's betoken of view. Here yous tin gaze upon the statue of Hachikō exterior the station. To capture this scene a pocket-size photographic telly camera was attached to the neckband of an Akita dog. The effect is a distinct dog's betoken of thought of the station, seen through 2 footling pointy ears.
If yous desire yous tin also guide maintain a walk upward into the mountains using domestic dog view, see Roken Shrine as well as wander around Akita Dog Hall.
Of course of teaching this isn't the start fourth dimension that animals guide maintain been used to capture Street View imagery inwards Japan. In fact Street View was invented past times cats.
In Hiroshima cats straight off guide maintain their real ain version of Street View. Cat Street View is an impressive virtual tour of Onomichi, providing an unrivaled cat's midpoint thought of the city. The tour takes inwards many of the cat-about-town's favorite shops as well as restaurants inwards the city. It also shows the locations of some of Onomichi's most loved cats.
The format of the tour volition move familiar to whatsoever non-cat type entity who has e'er used Google's Street View. It consists of a serial of connected panoramic photos of the city. The big departure all the same is that the panoramic photos inwards Cat Street View are all taken from a cat's perspective. And it's all the ameliorate for it.
Before Google captured Street View imagery inwards the Faroe Islands the islanders got fed-up of waiting. They thence took things into their ain hands as well as invented Google Sheep View.
While the Faroe Islands didn't guide maintain Google Street View it did guide maintain sheep. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of sheep. The logical stride thence was to deck out the islands' sheep alongside 360 grade panoramic cameras as well as fix them loose. You tin honour links to the Sheep View imagery of the Faroe Islands on the Sheep View Map. Just click on the sheep markers on the map as well as yous volition move taken to the Sheep View imagery straight on Google Maps.
