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Those "tri-cycles" that the articles mentions are called "autos" in India. They are usually used as taxis. It's interesting how Google chose to use them rather

by jabo 15y ago

Those "tri-cycles" that the articles mentions are called "autos" in India. They are usually used as taxis. It's interesting how Google chose to use them rather than a car! A good example of localization!

ankimal 15y ago
Wait, I thought the tri-cycles were cycle rickshaws. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_rickshaw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_rickshaw Now those babies will get you through all the back-alleys and streets in no time. The only problem would be mounting their camera on it. I think they ve solved harder problems.
- pequ 15y ago
  IIRC, what they call auto (or auto rikshaw) is the motorized rikshaw. Both are tri-cycle.
  - xtacy 15y ago
    Yes, they're called auto/auto rickshaw. In some parts of the country, autos (drivers) are notorious for their road navigation skills.
jagtesh 15y ago
They are not using autos! It's a "trike" that's manually driven by the rider. If you notice carefully in the original article, there are no cameras above the auto. http://googleindia.blogspot.com/2011/05/google-street-view-start-of-driving-in.html http://googleindia.blogspot.com/2011/05/google-street-view-s... http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/05/18/google-street-view-t.html http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/05/18/google-street-view-... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-4Aln1Il8&playnext=1&list=PL98DA918472BB3131 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-4Aln1Il8&playnext=1&#3...