Explore Views of the Burj Khalifa with Google Maps
1 Video View·Apr 16, 2024
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the new Trekker technology is able to capture Street View imagery of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 828 meters (2,717 feet).#Architecturaldesign
The Burj Khalifa is special because it is the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in
the world.
And we are here to bring to the user this possibility to see this huge, immense, wonderful
building inside out because it's the first time we're in this type of building in an
Arabic country connecting indoor and outdoor.
So it's really, I think it will be huge for the user to have this wonderful experience
of being able to navigate through a street view.
The Trekker is a new device that Google created about a year ago.
It's a backpack, and it allows you to go to all the places you want to go, like the
mountain trails, narrow passages, everywhere that no other device will fit.
So it's just wonderful.
The capture of the whole building will take about three days.
The collection today was just amazing.
We went on the window cleaning baskets, and we went all over the building.
We were at the 80th floor.
This is the first time I am going in this height, and Google is going, I think, in this
height with this type of device.
And it was just amazing to be able to stand outside of the building, see the beautiful
Dubai.
You have the sea, you have the islands, and you can see everything from there.
We will also do the spiral, so that will be the cherry on the cake.
This project will give the user the privilege to see more of the Burj Khalifa.
You can see everywhere you have something to discover.
I have no words really to describe it.
It's just an emotion-fulfilling.
It's really great.
It's wonderful.