What is Google Street View?

Do you want to take a virtual tour of Delhi’s Red Fort, almost as if you were actually strolling among its palaces, pavilions and mosques? You can do just that thanks to Google Street View.

Such a tour is made possible because Street View is a virtual representation of your surroundings on Google Maps, made up of millions of panoramic images.

Google Street View provides the viewer with interactive panoramas from different positions along streets across many parts of the world. Basically, you get a 360-degree view of streets, tourist spots, and landmarks. Launched in 2007 in a number of cities in the United States, it has since expanded worldwide, including even rural areas.