It's the French' turn to start voting

Wed 26 August 2009 09:02, Bas van den Beld

After the Brits, who chose Stonehenge, the Czech and the Dutch, who selected an amusement park as the first place Google should go to take pictures for Streetview, its now up to the French.

With the recent Streetview discussion in Switzerland and the French opposition against the digitizing of books it will be interesting to see how the French will react to this contest.

As in Holland and Britain Google teams up with the local Tourist organisation, Asset France. The French can make suggestions on a form on services.google.com. The suggestions can be added in five categories: castles, Contemporary architecture, a remarkable natural environment, historical monuments and sporting complexes.

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