Internet resources: Panoramas of four new cities now on Yandex. Maps

18 May 2010

Yandex.Maps Internet service has released panoramas of Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Chelyabinsk. Thus now Yandex provides panoramas of seven cities including Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev.

“Streets’ Panoramas” will enable users to participate in the city tour and see for instance the Kazan Kremlin or the Chelyabinsk State University, or just view the city and discover interesting buildings. This service will also help to see the appearance of the necessary house or unfamiliar crossroads. New panoramas were provided by the service’s partner – “City Scanner” company. Over 2,000 km of streets have been photographed in 4 cities.

Apart from panoramas, Yandex. Maps provide detailed cities’ maps, maps of metro and interchanges and enables users to find their houses in satellite photographs, as well as look for organizations or traffic jams.