Dubai becomes first Arab city to have complete Google Street View

Dubai Municipality has announced the arrival of Google Street View in Dubai, a feature by Google Maps that allows users to view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery of major streets across the city. This is the first time Street View is made available on a street-level in the Arab world.

Google Street View imagery provides users with a rich, immersive browsing experience and allows users to explore world landmarks, view natural wonders, navigate a trip or other points of interest.

Hussein Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality said such electronic projects highlight Dubai as a modern city, adding that the project will provide enjoyable virtual tour around the main streets in certain areas in the Emirate of Dubai and for all network users around the world.

Some of the main areas captured by street view in Dubai today are: Sheikh Zayed Road, Downtown Dubai, Al Sufouh, Dubai Marina, Business Bay, Bur Dubai and Deira. In these areas, users can access street level images by zooming into the lowest level on Google Maps.

Burj Khalifa now in Google Street View

Armchair travelers can visit the world's tallest skyscraper and inspect one of the largest shopping malls with the addition of Dubai to Google Street View, Google  said on Tuesday.

The online pictorial map of the city -- the first from the UAE to appear on Google Street View --allows users to navigate through several levels of the 830 metre (2,722 feet) tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper in downtown Dubai, including an observation deck near the top of the building.

Google Street View also provides an inside look at the Dubai Mall and provides other views of the city's pedestrian walkways, highways, skyscrapers, beaches and Dubai Creek, where dhows are shown docked at the pier.