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The team sees the Machu Picchu project – a highlight of its expansion in Latin America – as one of its most ambitious. Filip, Google’s first full-time street view engineer, is there to make sure it all goes smoothly.
“When I started, I had no idea we could do a project like Machu Picchu,” he tells me. “We’ve been working for years to get permission for this.”
From Cusco we travel by train to Aguas Calientes (now officially called Machu Picchu Pueblo), an overpriced tourist town in the valley beneath the citadel. A bus then takes us up the zig-zag mountain road to the site entrance.