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The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
Hilton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile A' Chnuic) is a former village now part of the city of Inverness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is about 2 km south of the city centre. A large amount of council housing was built there during the post-war era of the 20th century. As implied by both names, it is on a slight elevation between the ...
The Longman (Scottish Gaelic: An Longman) is an area in Inverness, Scotland, [1] north of the city centre, bounded by the Moray Firth and River Ness and holding its largest industrial estate. Citadel tower. At Longman's far west is Inverness Harbour, near the citadel built by Oliver Cromwell in 1652. Today, only the clocktower remains.
The first tolbooth in the town, referred to as the "Steeple of Inverness" dated back to at least 1593. After a new stone bridge was built across the River Ness in 1685, prison cells were accommodated in the spandrels of the bridge and offices for civic officials were accommodated in the East Gatehouse to the bridge, leaving the old tolbooth underutilised.
Eastgate Shopping Centre is located in Inverness, serving the largest shopping catchment area in the United Kingdom. [2] The Eastgate shopping centre in Inverness has been taken over by UK-owned real estate company, Savills plc. [3] The centre is a popular destination amongst locals and tourists alike. [4]
It is in the Highland council area of Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic for "the large fortified dwelling". [1] Houses in Raigmore estate. All formerly part of the Raigmore estate, the southern part of Raigmore is now the location of Raigmore Hospital, the main hospital for Inverness and the Highlands. The northern part is now a housing ...
Today it is a residential area in the east of Inverness, Scotland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In addition to housing, Cradlehall has a business park and a number of small businesses. The area was expanded recently with the development of Kessock View.
Inverness Town Council was replaced by the larger Inverness District Council in 1975, one of the lower-tier districts within the Highland region. The district council used the town house as its headquarters. [10] [11] Inverness District Council was in turn abolished in 1996 when the Highland region was redesignated as a single-tier council area ...