The Faroe Islands are now on Google Street View, thanks to a little help from some sheep

The Faroe Islands are home to around 50,000 people. Being hilly and separated from mainland Europe by the Norwegian Sea, they aren’t exactly the most car-friendly place.

This made Durita Dahl Andreassen’s task a bit complicated. She wanted to get her home on Google Street View, which Google largely puts together by riding around in cars equipped with cameras. That wasn’t going to work on the roving trails of the Faroe Islands, so she figured maybe she could strap some cameras to a few of the islands’ more than 70,000 sheep.

Andreassen launched the “sheep view” campaign in early 2016, and, on Nov. 2 of this year, the Faroe Islands made their debut on Google Street View. Read more…

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