Two travellers using a mobile map while driving, illustrating how digital mapping supports trip planning and navigation.

Google Street View: destinations have more control than they may realise

Destinations have more control over Google Street View than many may realise. They don’t have to wait for Google to update it. They can capture and contribute their own 360 imagery, including trails and routes that Google’s cars cannot reach, and screen tourism gives them a new reason to think strategically about where that could add value

Castello di Santa Caterina on Favignana, used as Ithaca in The Odyssey.

What Google Maps Is Already Telling Us About The Odyssey Effect on Favignana

One month after the release of The Odyssey, an analysis of 1,460 Google Maps reviews across three Favignana filming locations reveals the first signs of film-related interest, what visitors already value about the locations and where further screen-tourism opportunities may lie