Google World Wonders Project Uses Street View Technology To Explore Historic Places
Exploring our cultural heritage and historically important sites has never been so much fun before. Google has come up with a new project called 'World Wonders' that lets users to discover discover 132 historic sites from 18 countries across the world in a new interactive way. This project works on the Street View technology to take you on a virtual trip to each famous site. The world wonders #-Link-Snipped-# has 3D models and YouTube videos of these historical places so that the information access becomes easier. Google has partnered with UNESCO, the World Monuments Fund, Getty Images and Ourplace for getting the official information and photographs for many of the sites.
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Among the historical places included in this project, there is Stonehenge, the archaeological areas of Pompeii, the ancient Kyoto temples, the sandy dunes of Australia’s Shark Bay or the rock domes of Yosemite National Park in California. This google initiative looks like a valuable resource for students as well as scholars. A selection of educational packages are available to download for classroom use; you can also share the site content with friends. Check a video demo here -
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Among the historical places included in this project, there is Stonehenge, the archaeological areas of Pompeii, the ancient Kyoto temples, the sandy dunes of Australia’s Shark Bay or the rock domes of Yosemite National Park in California. This google initiative looks like a valuable resource for students as well as scholars. A selection of educational packages are available to download for classroom use; you can also share the site content with friends. Check a video demo here -
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