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>>ANCHORS: What do RIT, the search engine Google and a specially equipped tricycle have
in common? As Lynette Adams shows us, it's a big win for the campus.
>> REPORTER: Students may have noticed some unusual visitors on the RIT campus today.
The search engine Google sent a specially equipped tricycle to Henrietta. The tricycle
is equipped with nine directional cameras. It cruised around campus today taking street
level pictures of RIT. the photos will provide a continuous 360 degree view of the campus
and will be featured in Google's prestigious street view gallery. RIT won a Google contest
for the honor. It received 30,000 votes. Soon, people interested in the university will be
able to click on Google or RIT's website and get a virtual tour of the campus.
>>BOB FINNERTY: The fact that we'll have this on our website when its all finished, and
the fact that they'll be able to do basically a virtual tour of RIT whether they're in California
which is where we have a high number of applications from high school students, Texas and of course
when they come to visit campus it will all make sense for them.
>>REPORTER: This is an honor for RIT, a technological university, to partner with Google. Only a
few other campuses like Boston University and San Diego State University are featured
in the street view gallery. Some of the other winners in Google's spring contest: Boston's
Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Rich and Janet?
>>ANCHORS: So that's how they do that? >>How about that.
>>Amazing. Well RIT did beat out some other school to win in the university and college
campus category. It's a great way to showcase our great talent there.