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Ever since then, the Mentawai Islands have been well on the radar of surf travellers around the world. At the West of Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands have the most consistent surf breaks in Indonesia making it one of the preferred choices for serious surfers. The tropical waters surrounding the islands offer year-round waves up to 15 ft (4.5 m).
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched in 2007 in several cities in the United States, and has since expanded to include all of the country's major and minor cities, as well as the cities and rural areas of many other countries worldwide.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
Google Street View is the most comprehensive street view service in the world. It provides street view for more than 85 countries worldwide. Bee Maps, powered by Hivemapper is the fastest growing mapping company in the world, mapping 29% of the world (until November 2024).
Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City. In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) of the Australian Great Barrier Reef in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots ...
Mentawai Strait separates the island of Sumatra from the small archipelago of the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Its waters belong to the Indian Ocean and both banks ...
Sikakap, along with Tuapeijat, is one of the only places in the Mentawai Islands where electricity and telecommunications are available. [8] There is a hospital and a church in the village, [9] [10] as well as a harbor [11] (the main transport hub in the Mentawai islands [12]) and a district police station. [13]
Sipora (Indonesian: Sipora or sometimes spelled Sipura) located off Sumatra in the West Sumatra Province of Indonesia, is the second-smallest and most developed of the four Mentawai Islands at only 620.73 km 2. It had a population of 17,557 at the 2010 Census [2] and 21,901 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 23,228 ...