Visit Petra virtually with Google Street View

While I use Google Street View chiefly for the mundane task of locating addresses in my home town of Ottawa, Google announced this week that it is adding the ancient Nabatean City of Petra to its catalogue of maps, allowing virtual tourists the pleasure of roaming about this world heritagesite without the hassle of in-person travel, not to mention the souvenir hawkers and camel ride hustlers featured on my blog earlier this week.

Although it took me a few minutes to get used to the interface, I was impressed with Google has accomplished.