Google launches digital tour of Cambodia's Angkor Wat

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Google launches digital tour of Cambodia's Angkor Wat

ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia - Cambodia's Angkor Wat has been digitally mapped for the first time, allowing people to visit the World Heritage Site from the comfort of their armchair using Google Street View.

The project is part of a growing trend aimed at Internet users who might otherwise never have the chance to visit the cultural and architectural wonders of the world.

Google took more than a million photos of Angkor -- the result is 90,000 360-degree views of more than 100 temples.

Street View allows web users to zoom in on an area, and then explore.

"Recently we’ve done the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon, Mount Fiji," said Manik Gupta, project manager at Google Maps.

"But the scale of Angkor Wat is what makes this unprecedented," he told AFP at the project’s launch on Thursday.

"It is such an iconic place, people say it is the eighth wonder of the world, and it gives you this incredible sense -- look at every single small nook and cranny, you’ll find art work."

The Angkor Archaeological Park contains the remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th century.

AFP


-- The Nation 2014-04-04

[spacemand]

Link?

[WoopyDoo]

Just drag the little orange man onto the map and maneuver around.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=cambodia+angkor+wat&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=angkor+wat&cid=4515887843808133517&ei=-QU-U_v9IomxrgflroHYDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CKUBEPwS

[ggt]

Just drag the little orange man onto the map and maneuver around.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=cambodia+angkor+wat&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=angkor+wat&cid=4515887843808133517&ei=-QU-U_v9IomxrgflroHYDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CKUBEPwS

Thanks for the link...Google is truly amazing...just like being their in person...

[mrfill]

Just drag the little orange man onto the map and maneuver around.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=cambodia+angkor+wat&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=angkor+wat&cid=4515887843808133517&ei=-QU-U_v9IomxrgflroHYDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CKUBEPwS

Thanks for the link...Google is truly amazing...just like being their in person...

I hope they pay well. Being the 'in person' for Google is a very fine job indeed.

[ggt]

Just drag the little orange man onto the map and maneuver around.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=cambodia+angkor+wat&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=angkor+wat&cid=4515887843808133517&ei=-QU-U_v9IomxrgflroHYDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CKUBEPwS

Thanks for the link...Google is truly amazing...just like being their in person...

I hope they pay well. Being the 'in person' for Google is a very fine job indeed.

It is not necessary to work for someone...to appreciate their contributions...been retired many years...

[dighambara]

Good to hear, but sad that history has been forgotten.

Angkor was inside Siam for 550 years and officially given over to Cambodia, by France, only in 1953.

Up until that time (1953) France stated those captured Siamese Provinces would be returned to Thailand.

[khwaibah]

Just drag the little orange man onto the map and maneuver around.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=cambodia+angkor+wat&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=angkor+wat&cid=4515887843808133517&ei=-QU-U_v9IomxrgflroHYDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CKUBEPwS

Thanks for the link...Google is truly amazing...just like being their in person...

They forgot Pub Street.