It looks like the sheepview footage was just a ploy to get google to bring the actual streetview equipped vehicles to the island. I don't think the sheepview data is on google maps.
That was indeed the idea, and it worked!
The article says that most of the footage was taken by humans. The sheep are apparently not the best photographers.
The whole point of this article appears to be fluff.
They're trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
To prevent you from finding the wolf in sheep's clothing.