Ancient temples of Cambodia’s Angkor civilization incorporated into Google Street View in effort to boost tourism
The spectacular temples of Cambodia’s Angkor civilization have been incorporated into Google’s Street View, a boost to the impoverished country’s tourism industry that also adds urgency to efforts to preserve the sprawling historic site. The Internet giant said in a statement Thursday that Street View now includes more than 90,000 photographic panoramas of the sprawling temple complex, and links to Google’s online World Wonders Project, allowing viewers to zoom in to study carvings and other artistic and archaeological details. …
New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/cambodia-angkor-civilization-google-street-view-article-1.1744354
